Senior US official confirms plan to build housing compounds in Israeli occupied Gaza

A Trump administration official confirmed a plan is underway to build housing compounds for thousands of screened Palestinians in Israeli-occupied Gaza. The plan, dubbed “Alternative Safe Communities”, is being led by a team of US officials based in Tel Aviv hotels. This effort is headed by Aryeh Lightstone, an American rabbi and former advisor, who reports to Jared Kushner and is in contact with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The plan represents the first public confirmation that the US is actively working to move Palestinians into areas of Gaza occupied by Israeli troops.