Egypt to present counter-Trump vision to rebuild Gaza without displacement

Egypt has said it is working on a “comprehensive vision” for the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza strip that guarantees Palestinians the right to stay on their land, unlike the proposal put forward by us president Donald Trump.

The Egyptian foreign ministry said it hoped to co-operate with the trump administration to reach “a just settlement of the Palestinian cause”.

It followed trump’s meeting with Jordan’s king Abdullah on Tuesday, where he doubled down on his plan for the US to take over Gaza and permanently move the two million Palestinians living there to Jordan, Egypt and other locations.

Abdullah said every Arab State rejected the idea, and that Egypt would present an alternative.

President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi also told Danish prime minister Mette Frederickson in a phone call on Tuesday that the reconstruction of Gaza must happen “without displacing Palestinians”, his office said.

Cairo is due to host an emergency Arab summit to discuss the “serious” developments for Palestinians on 27 February, while king Abdullah said Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman had invited Arab leaders to Riyadh at an unspecified date.