Egypt is working with the World Bank to prepare an alternative to US President Donald Trump's plan to turn the Gaza Strip into a Washington-owned 'Riviera of the Middle East'.
The Guardian reports that Hamas will officially be removed from the administration and control of the reconstruction of this territory as planned by Egypt. The reconstruction process will be temporarily transferred to a social support committee.
Arab nations, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar, are preparing to offer financial proposals to fund reconstruction on the basis that Palestinians have the right to remain in Gaza and are not forced into temporary or permanent displacement. The reconstruction is expected to take three to five years.
The Arab bloc is attempting to replace the US approach to Gaza.
Observers now expect that the committee proposed in Egypt's plan will include independent technocrats and representatives of civil society and trade unions, to ensure that no single faction controls or dominates the Gaza Strip, according to The Guardian. However, the future military status of Hamas in Gaza remains unresolved, which could be a barrier to Israel's approval of the plan.
Arab leaders are expected to discuss alternatives to Trump's plan for Gaza at the Arab summit to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 27.
Palestinians walk through the ruins in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on February 11, 2025.
To date, Saudi Arabia has not officially called for Hamas's exclusion from the reconstruction or administration of Gaza. However, UAE senior foreign affairs adviser Anwar Gargash has endorsed the recent call by Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit that Hamas's withdrawal from the Gaza administration is "appropriate and logical".
Aboul Gheit stated: "The interests of the Palestinian people must take precedence over the interests of Hamas, especially in light of calls to displace Palestinians from Gaza and the conflict that has devastated the Gaza Strip, disrupting its social and human fabric due to the decisions made by this group."
Mr. Gheit argued that President Trump's proposal to relocate approximately 2 million Palestinians from Gaza would plunge the region into a cycle of crisis with detrimental effects on peace and stability. Egypt and Jordan quickly rejected Trump's idea, stating that the White House proposal amounted to destroying the Palestinian cause.
While affirming that the US does not rule out an alternative to Trump's plan, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio still emphasized that: "Any plan that leaves room for Hamas in the Gaza Strip would be problematic, because Israel would not tolerate that, so everything would go back to square one."
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