Gaza
Reconstruction, governance, and the security arrangements that any durable settlement will have to put in place.
No two-state outcome is complete while Gaza and the West Bank remain governed apart.
Gaza poses the settlement's hardest sequencing problem: reconstruction, governance and security are deeply interdependent, and progress on any one depends on credible arrangements for the others.
ECF's work treats Gaza not as a humanitarian file alone but as a state-building one — examining how reconstruction can be financed and sequenced, how governance can be reconnected to a single Palestinian authority, and what security architecture would make either sustainable.
Throughout, we hold to one principle: a two-state reality requires a single Palestinian polity. Planning that treats Gaza in isolation, however expedient, works against the outcome it claims to serve.
Indicative planning figures compiled by ECF from public sources, 2026. Provided for orientation; consult primary data before citation.
Reconstruction is a governance question.
Our work on Gaza concentrates on the arrangements that determine whether rebuilding can endure.
Reconstruction sequencing
Modelling how rebuilding can be financed, phased and governed without entrenching division.
Governance & the PA link
Examining the institutional steps needed to reconnect Gaza to a single Palestinian authority.
Security architecture
Assessing the security and oversight arrangements a durable settlement in Gaza would require.
From our work on Gaza.
The team on Gaza.
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Leads ECF's work on reconstruction financing and sequencing.
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Specialist in Palestinian governance and institutional design.
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Focus on security arrangements and regional oversight.
