Trump's Push for Gulf to Pay For Rebuilding Gaza Faces Hurdles

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Source: Bloomberg

October 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM EDT


When US President Donald Trump spoke in Israel’s parliament ahead of the signing of his Gaza peace plan this month, he thanked “Arab and Muslim nations” in advance for pledging “tremendous amounts of money” to rebuild the devastated Palestinian territory.

That appeared to resolve the question — to the US leader at least — of how to find the $70 billion the United Nations says is needed to reconstruct the territory destroyed by Israel’s two-year military campaign against Hamas.

But persuading the likes of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to hand over the funds is unlikely to be as easy as Trump claimed. While the deep-pocketed and energy-rich trio worked on and enthusiastically endorsed the peace plan, all three have specific reservations about unconditionally providing financing, according to several people with knowledge of the thinking of Gulf officials.

“In my experience, it’s easy to pledge funding, but realizing it and putting up the money is something else,” said Ibrahim Saif, a former Jordanian energy and planning minister who now works as a consultant in the country.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Everyone else has to pay to repair the site so he can build the Trump Gaza resort.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. How about Israel?

Pottery Barn: You broke it; you bought it.

[area51]

5. But won't they just use our money to do it?

[PSPS]

11. Of course. Israel's very existence is funded by the US taxpayer.

[AloeVera]

3. That's rich.

So now any nation can go on a genocidal spree of death and malicious scorched-earth destruction and not only get off scot-free with no reparations but get to take over the land AND punish the neighbours instead?

[Bayard]

9. Totally agree

Along with Netanyahu being charged with war crimes. If he had a conscience there would be thousands of needless deaths and maimings on it. And sad to say, the U.S. furnished the weapons.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Israel should pay to rebuild Gaza. They are the ones who destroyed it.

All of this us just a typical Trump show that will accomplish very little because Netanyahu and his right-wing government have not been dealt with. They still have all the power, including deciding which countries can send a peacekeeping force to Gaza. Netanyahu will sabotage every effort to rebuild Gaza for Palestinians because he wants them all dead so settlers can take their land.

[Mysterian]

6. Mexico paid for the wall, right?

I'm sure Arabs will pay gladly for reconstruction of destruction wrought by Israel.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Mexico paid in a way. ...

... they lost naming rights to the Gulf of America.

[Grins]

7. There was no pledge. He made it up.

If they had the amount would be known.

Same Trump shittery. And Europe and Japan are not going to invest a penny in the U.S. Despite what Trump claimed.

[riversedge]

8. .....The Gulf states are hesitant to allocate significant funds to Gaza before seeing guarantees that the conflict will

...........The Gulf states are hesitant to allocate significant funds to Gaza before seeing guarantees that the conflict will not resume, and are seeking influence and a say in the territory's reconstruction and future governance.
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[BlueWavePsych]

10. "Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to hand over the funds"

Ya right!