Israel/OPT: Companies linked to 'rebuild Gaza' plan presented to Trump administration claim no knowledge or involvement with the plan
October 14, 2025
A sweeping plan to reconstruct Gaza, which has been shared with Trump administration officials, features the names and logos of more than two dozen companies—some of which tell WIRED they had no knowledge they were named or involved.
The presentation outlining the plan was reportedly created by some of the businessmen who helped ideate what became the...Gaza Humanitarian Foundation...calling for the creation of a new entity called the Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust.
In the presentation, logos from Tesla, Amazon Web Services, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) appear alongside bullet points about the benefit "private industry investment” may have in Gaza in terms of building out "key infrastructure" like data centers and "gigafactories." On one slide, the logos of several companies, including Ikea, appear alongside descriptions of large-scale "infrastructure rebuild" and "peacekeeping (optional)" in Gaza.
WIRED contacted the 28 companies shown alongside proposals for construction, security, and private-sector investment in postwar Gaza—sectors that would be among the first to mobilize if the plans were to be set in motion. Of the companies that responded, zero said they were aware of their names and logos being used in this proposal.
Eight of those companies replied to WIRED and said that they had not been in contact with anyone who developed the presentation or made even informal plans or agreements with them. Some had absolutely no knowledge they were named in this plan.
“This was surprising and new information for us,” Ikea spokesperson Arvid Stigland tells WIRED. “We have not approved the use of the Ikea logo in this context.”
“TSMC is not associated with this proposal and did not consent to the use of its logo,” a company spokesperson told WIRED.
InterContinental Hotels Group spokesperson Mike Ward tells WIRED that the company “has had no involvement in this document and is not pursuing any plans connected to it.”
Tesla, Amazon, and Constellis did not respond to requests for comment.
...[G4S] denied any association with any current or future group called “the GREAT Trust.” “We have had no communications thus far and have no plans to participate in security services in Gaza,” a G4S spokesperson tells WIRED...
Per the presentation, the GREAT Trust would lead a “US-led multi-lateral custodianship” over the Gaza strip. It says the GHF would play an essential role in hiring “private contractors to distribute aid security and build and operate temporary housing zones” in coordination with the Israel Defense Forces.
It’s unclear how Trump officials view the plans in the presentation, but the people who put it together appear to have significant sway inside Israel. Middle East Eye reported that the presentation was developed by Michael Eisenberg, cofounder and general partner at the venture capital firm Aleph; Liran Tancman, a tech entrepreneur and investor; and one other individual...Eisenberg and Tancman are part of an informal network of businessmen who helped conceive and set up what became the GHF. Some people in this network, including Tancman, have joined the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), the primary Israeli agency overseeing aid deliveries in Gaza and the West Bank.
Eisenberg said that he could not comment on this story. Tancman also declined to comment; however, the presentation’s metadata indicates that it was created by someone with the username “lirant,” which corresponds with Tancman’s name.
A Gaza Humanitarian Foundation adviser...said that they had not seen the presentation prior to WIRED sharing it with them. They added that they had never discussed the presentation with anyone at GHF, and they do not believe that the foundation itself played a role in developing it.
In a statement sent after publication, GHF denied any past or present involvement in the development of the presentation, and said that Eisenberg and Tancman are "not involved in operations" of the foundation...
The proposal calls for large-scale construction of data centers and “gigafactories,” as well as a train system that would appear to connect Gaza with Neom, the megacity Saudi Arabia is constructing on its west coast. It also pitches an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone” for electric vehicles. Musk did not respond to WIRED’s request for comment...
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