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Israel/Palestine

Eugene

(64,422 posts) Wed Mar 5, 2025, 08:48 PM Mar 5

US and Israel reject Arab alternative to Trump's Gaza plan [View all]

Source: BBC

US and Israel reject Arab alternative to Trump's Gaza plan

5 March 2025

David Gritten
BBC News

The US and Israel have rejected an Arab plan for the post-war reconstruction of the Gaza Strip that would allow the 2.1 million Palestinians living there to stay in place.

The proposal, endorsed by Arab leaders at a summit in Cairo, is their alternative to President Donald Trump's idea for the US to take over Gaza and permanently resettle its population.

The Palestinian Authority and Hamas welcomed the Arab plan, which calls for Gaza to be governed temporarily by a committee of independent experts and for international peacekeepers to be deployed there.

But both the White House and Israeli foreign ministry said it failed to address realities in Gaza and stood by Trump's vision.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn7vd4pnxx3o

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US and Israel reject Arab alternative to Trump's Gaza plan [View all] Eugene Mar 5 OP

Oh my... Lovie777 Mar 5 #1

A new Nakba with trump taking over Gaza for free to build seaside villas for rich people will never work. brush Mar 5 #2

If those Arab countries wanted influence they could try what they did in the seventies with JohnSJ Mar 5 #3

Will never happen. AloeVera Mar 5 #4

I agree and I think the moniss Mar 5 #5