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Israeli businessmen have proposed a controversial Gaza redevelopment plan involving blockchain land sales, luxury resorts, and cash incentives for Palestinians to leave
The Tony Blair Institute has come under fire for participating in planning discussions, despite later distancing itself from the plan’s most contentious elements
Boston Consulting Group has fired two partners and disavowed its involvement after unauthorized financial modeling became central to the proposal

A highly contentious proposal to reconstruct Gaza, complete with blockchain land tokens, Trump-branded resorts, and incentives to depopulate the enclave, has sparked international fallout. Developed by Israeli businessmen and quietly circulated among former Trump administration officials, the 30-page plan promotes a drastic economic overhaul of the region while raising serious ethical, legal, and political questions. With its foundation rooted in digital finance, luxury development, and thinly veiled population transfer, the project has faced mounting criticism as details have come to light.

Forced Migration Disguised as Investment

The plan was revealed recently by the Financial Times, which stated that the core of the plan is the creation of a trust that would seize all public land in Gaza, tokenize it, and allow foreign investors to trade ownership via blockchain platforms. Palestinians would be encouraged to contribute private land to the scheme in exchange for a token redeemable for a new housing unit.

However, buried in the modelling is a proposal to pay up to $9,000 per person to approximately a quarter of Gaza’s population to leave the territory, amounting to over half a million people. This thinly disguised population transfer has drawn widespread condemnation, with observers comparing it to forced displacement under the guise of economic development.

Tony Blair Institute and Boston Consulting Group Involved

The Tony Blair Institute has been caught up in the furore given its role in coming up with the plan, and an attempt to walk back its involvement has fallen flat: it claimed to the Financial Times that it merely observed planning discussions, but it has now admitted two of its staff were part of a 12-person working group and had circulated internal documents discussing postwar economic proposals.

While the Institute insists it never supported forced relocation, its presence in the group has cast a shadow over its reputation and raised questions about complicity. “TBI is not part of this group and did not contribute to the final plan,” a spokesperson said, though that response has done little to quell criticism.

Boston Consulting Group has faced the most immediate institutional consequences, however, with the firm admitting that five consultants produced extensive financial modeling, slides, and projections for the plan without executive approval. Despite warnings not to proceed, the team continued work covertly, even using the project to seek future paid opportunities.

After the modeling was made public, BCG’s leadership was forced to issue a formal apology and dismiss the two senior partners involved; the firm now insists it “fully disavows” the project and is conducting an external investigation into how the work was allowed to proceed unchecked.

Political Theater and Corporate Name-Dropping

The proposal’s presentation leans heavily into branding designed to appeal to Trump-era officials and Gulf royals, featuring projects such as the “Trump Riviera,” “MBS Ring,” and, most stunningly, the “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone.” Logos from companies like Tesla, Amazon, and IKEA appear throughout the materials, although there’s no indication any of these was consulted or involved.

Critics argue the plan reduces Gaza’s devastation to a real estate opportunity, exploiting the crisis for profit while sidestepping the fundamental political and humanitarian issues at stake. With rival postwar plans from Egypt and the Arab League on the table, this pitch, built on tokenomics and relocation schemes, has become one of the most controversial proposals yet for Gaza’s future. If there is one use to which blockchain technology should not be put, then this is very much it.

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