An Israeli minister posted an AI-generated video of a redeveloped Gaza Strip, calling for the “voluntary emigration” of the region’s Palestinian population.
This week’s post on X by Gila Gamliel, the science and technology minister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, bore the title “Gamliel-Trump Plan,” echoing another AI-generated vision for Gaza as a beachside resort by US President Donald Trump in February.
The post opens with video from Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel before moving into a visual of glimmering skyscrapers rising from the rubble of Gaza’s streets, one of which featured a sign reading “Trump.” Later in the video, AI versions of Netanyahu and Trump can be seen walking along the imaginary city’s coastline with their spouses.
“This is what Gaza will look like in the future,” Gamliel wrote in a caption accompanying the video. “Voluntary emigration of Gazans – only with Trump and Netanyahu. It’s us or them.”
The video includes shots of people enjoying the imagined resort, including one of a Jewish man wearing a kippa.
Gamliel also included a PDF of a plan for the future of the Gaza Strip that she claimed to have submitted to Israel’s security cabinet on October 13, 2023.
The Hebrew-language proposal includes three options for Gaza’s future following Israel’s offensive against Hamas: allowing Gaza’s population to remain in the area but reinstating Palestinian Authority rule; installing a local “non-Islamist Arab leadership alongside Israeli military control”; or promoting the “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians — Gamliel’s preferred option.
The Israeli government has seized on Trump’s Gaza takeover plan, framing it as an opportunity to “encourage the voluntary migration” of Palestinians from the Strip.
In May, Netanyahu said at a press conference that he would not end the war in Gaza without the implementation of what he called the “Trump plan” to encourage voluntary migration from the territory, referencing Trump’s previous statements that “all” Palestinians should permanently leave.
But while the leaders have floated the idea, forced migration is illegal under international law, and the stated goal of “voluntary emigration” of Palestinians in the region has received widespread outcry from major Jewish groups in the United States as well as the international community.
Gamliel’s post came as Netanyahu is facing increased pressure from the White House to end the war in Gaza, as it continues into its 22nd month. Earlier this month, Netanyahu met with Trump to discuss ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire.
Referring at the time to Trump’s plan to relocate Gazans, unveiled when Netanyahu visited the White House in February, the prime minister said that Israel and the US were “getting close to finding several countries” to take in Palestinians who would like to leave the war-torn Gaza Strip.
“I think President Trump had a brilliant vision. It’s called free choice. If people want to stay, they can stay, but if they want to leave, they should be able to leave,” Netanyahu said. Gaza “shouldn’t be a prison. It should be an open place.”
Chiming in, Trump said he has had “great cooperation” from “surrounding countries” on the matter. “Something good will happen,” he added.
While some neighboring countries have taken in Palestinians for medical treatment, none have publicly agreed to cooperate with the Trump initiative, not wanting to interfere in what is seen as a land conflict between Israel and the Palestinians — particularly as some of Netanyahu’s coalition partners have been pushing the construction of settlements in Gaza areas cleared of Palestinians.
Gamliel has published other AI-generated videos of her vision of a better future.
Last month, she published a video showing Netanyahu and his wife Sara strolling down a street in Iran with the slogan “Next year in free Tehran.”