Egypt-led Arab states can strongly reject President Trump’s proposal to “take over” the Gaza Strip and replace its more than 2 million Palestinian residents, thus turning the enclave into a luxury real estate development Another plan. Leaders of the Arab League from 22 countries held a summit in Cairo on Tuesday and unanimously adopted the Egyptian proposal that did not foresee any Gaza residents forced to leave during the reconstruction period.
The Trump administration and its close allies in Israel quickly rejected the plan, with the White House reiterating the damage the president had caused to Gaza during the 15-month war between Israel and Hamas, which left the enclave uninhabited.
Palestinians who spoke to CBS News in Gaza strongly rejected anything that forced them to leave their territory, and the United Nations and some others have suggestion The one that makes them leave will be equal to ethnic cleansing.
Hamas supported the Arab plan but has refused to disarm as part of any ceasefire agreement, which Israel considers essential.
Israel and the United States reject Arab Gaza plan
Israel quickly dismissed the plan formulated by Egypt, and Tel Aviv’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement: “The proposal continues to rely on Palestinian authority and UNRWA, both of which repeatedly demonstrate corruption, support for terrorism and failure to resolve the issue.”
Israel accused its neighboring Arab states of “using Palestinians as pawns on Israel” since its creation, and the ministry’s statement reiterated the Netanyahu administration’s support for “President Trump’s idea.”
The Ministry claims that despite Mr. Trump says They will not be allowed to return to Gaza.
The Arab proposal “does not address the reality that Gaza is currently uninhabitable, while residents cannot live humanely in debris and unexplored weapons,” said Brian Hughes, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
“President Trump insists on his vision to demand reconstruction of Gaza from Hamas,” Hughes said, adding: “We look forward to further negotiations to bring peace and prosperity to the region. ”
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi said in his speech that he believed it was time to find a way to find a “just and sustainable solution” to the decades-old Israel-Palestine crisis, adding: “I firmly believe that U.S. President Trump has the ability to achieve this goal, align our sincere desires with our sincere desires to make our ultimate field our field and bring our field in our field.
Egypt and its Arab League partners will seek support from other primarily Islamic countries next week at another summit in Saudi Arabia. A senior EU official at the summit in Cairo on Tuesday, but the group has issued no statement so far, providing clear support for the Arab proposal.
What is the Arab proposal to rebuild Gaza?
The country’s foreign minister Badr Abdelatty explained after Tuesday’s summit that Egypt’s plan will involve three phases. The first will focus on emergency relief operations and initial recovery, including the construction of 200,000 temporary housing units in Gaza.
The first phase will take six months to a year, and then cost $3 billion.
The second phase will involve efforts to build 200,000 permanent housing units and rebuild important infrastructure. The phase is envisioned for about two years and the price is $20 billion.
The final phase will add 200,000 permanent housing units and more service facilities, including the reconstruction of ports and airports in the following two years, which will require approximately $30 billion.
On who or what will oversee the operation and management of Gaza, a key issue that was ruled by Hamas, a terrorist group designated by the United States and Israel, Egypt’s plan calls for the establishment of an administrative committee composed of independent Palestinian technical experts, which is composed of independent Palestinian technical experts to manage the territory to manage the return of the Palestinian authorities to control the gaza gaza.
The Palestinian Authority currently manages part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, another larger Palestinian territory. In Palestinians and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently ruled out control of Hamas or the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza.
Abdulati also said Egypt will train Palestinian security personnel in Egypt to return and help the security of the entire Gaza Strip, but he did not say which phase of the proposed plan will begin during the period.
The Foreign Minister acknowledged that even if the plan or some version is backed by Israel, Israeli controls the goods and personnel of people entering Gaza, and is currently blocking all aid entry, which must first have a permanent ceasefire.
Call for international support – a lot of money
At the summit, El-Sissi called on other countries to support the approximately $53 billion plan (including financially) and attend the reconstruction meeting in Egypt to be held next month.
“Let us unite and make support for the Fund a lofty goal and moral command to ensure that every Palestinian child and every Palestinian family have the right to live in a safe and civilized environment that all peoples have the same right to live in a safe and civilized environment as all peoples.”
In a final statement issued by the summit participants, leaders called on the UN Security Council to send international peacekeeping personnel “to contribute to the security of the Palestinians and Israeli people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of strengthening the political horizon of the Palestinian State.”
The leaders also affirmed the “critical and irreplaceable role of the United Nations Relief and Palestinian Refugee Relief Agency (UNRWA) in implementing the mandate granted to it in the United Nations resolution.”
The Israeli government has long accused Wain of having ties to Hamas, which a few weeks ago banned UN aid agencies from operating on its territory.
