RIYADH, Saudi Arabia ¨C The leaders of Gulf Arab states are expected to strategize with their Egyptian and Jordanian counterparts Friday in an effort to counter U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s controversial proposal to redevelop the Gaza Strip under U.S. control and displace its Palestinian residents.
The meeting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, is in preparation for a broader Arab League summit in Egypt on March 4.
Trump¡¯s suggestion last month that the United States might take control of Gaza, develop it into the ¡°Riviera of the Middle East,¡± and relocate its Palestinian residents to neighboring countries like Egypt and Jordan was met with astonishment and outrage across the Arab world. His aides then reframed it as a challenge to leaders of the Middle East to come up with a better alternative.
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