Meet the creator of Trump’s controversial AI Gaza video

The AI-generated Gaza video, shared by Donald Trump last week, was created by an Israeli-born Los Angeles-based filmmaker Solo Avital, who said he made the video while experimenting with AI tools. “You look at Trump Gaza, and you’re like, ‘Hey, gazillion times better than what it is right now, whether it’s good or bad,’” he told the channel, adding, “With humor, there is truth, you know, but it was not our intention to be a propaganda machine.” Avital also acknowledged that a part in the widely mocked video with the bearded Palestinian dancers was “a disrespectful portrayal.” He asserted that it was meant as satire directed at Hamas, citing Israel’s accusations against the group for its treatment of Israeli hostages who had died. Trump’s Gaza plan The video was released just weeks after the US president laid out a plan for Gaza’s development that calls for the expulsion of 2.1 million Palestinians and the creation of a US-owned “Riviera.” The plan has the potential to transform Gaza, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has referred to it as innovative. “As President Trump has said, Gaza in its current state is for any human being,” White House spokesperson Anna Kelly had said in the statement to NPR, adding, “President Trump is a visionary, and his plan to have the United States involved in Gaza’s rebuilding will allow for Palestinians to resettle in new, beautiful communities while improving conditions in the region for generations to come.” With inputs from agencies