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The leaders of seven Arab countries have conversations In Saudi Arabia, an attempt to eliminate a plan for the future of Gaza.
The collection on Friday in Riyadh was intended to respond to a plan Educated by US President Donald Trump for the United States to “take” gas, constantly displace their inhabitants and turn the Palestinian enclave into the Riviera of the Middle East.
Arab leaders have rejected Trump's proposal, stating that he has thrown out of work to the Palestinian self -determination, steps on the rights of Gaza residents and will immortalize a regional cycle of violence.
They hope to present an alternative plan with unified support at the Arab League meeting on March 4 in Cairo, Egypt.
The Crown Prince of the Saudi part Mohammed bin Salman had called Meshal Al-Ahmad al-Sabah and Bahrain Kran Prinkee Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa.
No official story about the meeting was released on Friday by any of the participating countries and it was not clear immediately whether any details of the plan had been agreed.
Search for “United Front”
Reporting from Riyadh, Hashem Ahelbara of Al Jazeera said the meeting on Friday began with the presentation of a Reconstruction plan Developed by Egypt and intended as part of a three -phase transaction to end the fire between Hamas and Israel.
So far, only the first phase of this agreement has been agreed, which has noticed a pause in the fight and the exchange of captives. The second phase will see the full end of the battles, while the third phase aims to cope with the restoration of the devastated Palestinian enclave.
Ahelbara said Arab leaders hoped to build on the Egyptian plan before the Cairo meeting, so they can “set a united front with a new proposal that can easily be sold to Americans and the international audience.”
“We are talking about extremely difficult things that could shape the whole region for many years ahead,” he said.
The question of how the reconstruction of Arab, a plan led by Arab is still was left to decide. Earlier this week, the World Bank, the United Nations and the European Union said it costs over $ 53 billion to restoration of gasIncluding $ 20 billion in the first three years.
Each reconstruction plan also overlaps with the wider questions about the political control and security control of the gas when the war was over, Achalbara said.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, the former Egyptian Foreign Aid Hussein Haridi said the gathering came at a “decisive moment for the Palestinians and for the Arab nations”.
“Allow me to quote William Shakespeare, this is” To be or not to be “for the Arab world today,” he said.
“Because if Trump's proposal comes to wear the day, then it will be the end of the struggle – the Arabian struggle and the Palestinian struggle – for seven decades.”
Israel and many of its Western allies have rejected the prospect of Hamas to remain under the control of the enclave after the war. Israel also rejected Palestinian power, taking control of Gaza, despite more support from the international community for this opportunity.
Observers say that the urgency of reaching an agreement is especially sharp for Egypt and Jordan, which Trump is pressing to accept the displaced Palestinians massively.
The US president has threatened to keep hundreds of millions of dollars help if he does not comply. Both sides rejected the scheme.
Trump alternative
Cairo, for his part, has not publicly launched his preliminary plan for reconstruction.
Former Egyptian diplomat Mohammed Hagazi, however, had outlined a plan in what he described as “three technical phases for a period of three to five years.”
The first six -month phase will focus on “early recovery” and the removal of debris, he said.
The second phase will be seen that an international conference has set a detailed plan for the restoration of infrastructure and the restoration of gas.
The last phase will see the provision of housing and services and the creation of a “political path to implement the bilateral decision,” he said, citing a possible Palestinian statehood.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Abdulaziz Al-Goshian, Director of Research at Riyadh Foundation for Observer Research Foundation in the Middle East, said all countries participating in the Friday meeting determine how to respond to “United States Administration, which is almost proud of trying to support (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu blindly. “
“And we have a Prime Minister in Israel, who is trying to really try his luck and increase his efforts,” he said.
Al-Gashian said any plan led by the Arab “cannot distinguish between economy, politics and security,” including the path to the Palestinian self-determination.
“The reality is that all these things are very interconnected,” he said. “And we have to start thinking about it in a more sensed, synergistic way.”
