Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi Poses for a Picture with Leaders as Egypt Hosts Emergency Arab Summit to Discuss Palestinian Developments, AT EGYPT 2025.
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Arab States LED by Egypt have accepted a roadmap to rebuild gaza as the “Comprehensive Arab Plan,” Countrying President Donald Trump’s Proposal to Redevelop The Strip the Strip the Strip the He calls the “riviera of the middle East,” and displace palestinians.
The white house has rejected the arab plan, saying “The current proposal does not address the reality that gaza is currently uninhabitable and residents cannot Humanel Humanel Humaney Live in a Territory Covrit Unexploded Ordnance, “National Security Council Spokesman Brian Hughes Said in a statement, Standing by Donald Trump’s Controversial Proposal.
The Arab Plan, Seen by CNBC, Says $ 53 Billion is Needed for Reconstruction of the Besiegeed Strip, A Number Released Last Month By A Joint Un-Eu-World Bank ReportThe Nearly 100-Page Plan, Dubbed “Gaza 2030” Included Egypt’s Presidential Logo and was reviewed by arab states on tuesday at an emergency summit in Cairo. It aims to Sideline Hamas and Proposes Eventual Palestinian Authority Control in the Besieged Strip.
Arab States, In the Summit’s Final Communique Urged The International Community and “International and Regional Financing Institutions to Quickly Provide the Necessary Support for the plan.” The proposal does not indicate who will foot the bill specifically but trud see european contribution as well as wealthier gulf states like saudi arabia and Qatar.
The plan has come under fire for ometating key answers Government at the georgetown university in Qatar, Told CNBC’s Dan Murphy.
“It’s a wonderful document, but it’s also something that i’m not sure is really a serial plan, bes it does dodge the two biggest questions. For making this Grand Vision a Reality? Two, would the israelis ever to allow the kind of political settlement (of) a unified Palestinian Authority Back in Gaza, “MUSGRAVE Added.
Military Vehicles Operate in North Gaza, Amid a Ceasefire Between Israel and Hamas, as Seen from israel on Feb. 9, 2025.
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Israel has slammed the proposal and said before discussions programs on receiving aid or extending the ceasefire, hamas must first release all remaining israeli hostages from gazaa.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Slammed the proposal and said it “fails to address the situation of the situation Following October 7th, 2023, Remaining Rooted in Outdated Perspectives,” Whilee Voicing Encourent for Presiding Persiden.
The summit’s communique, meaning, also voiced support for “An International Conference for Early Recovery Reconstruction in the Gaza Strip,” Whoch Is Scheduled for this Month In Cairo, in COOPERANTION Whoseiri, In Cooperation Whose For
Arab States also Announced that they would work to establish “A Trust Fund” Supervised by the World Bank, which Aims to “Receive Financial Pledges from All Donor Countries and Financing Intency purpose of implementing early reconstruction projects. “
Rebuilding gaza
In the most concise plan to date for rebuilding gaza, the draft outlines a three-stage plan, culminating in 2030.
The first phase will last six months, and will cost $ 3 billion, DURING RUBBLE Removal will take place in certain areas. Seven sites are projectioned to Accommodate more than 1.5 Million People with Temporary Housing, Provided to the displaced during the reconstruction process.
People walk towards their homes through the destroyed streets of gaza city on January 19, 2025. t
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The second phase, lasting two years at a cost of $ 20 billion will see housing units Built for 1.6 Million People, and The Retestablishment of Facilites, Services and Networks.
The third phase, lasting two and a half years at a cost of $ 30 billion will aim to continue the process “of Establishing the Necessary Facilites, Networks and Service Buildings,” Wholes A Also Building Foring Another 1.2 Million People. The hope is that these new units will have the capability to accommodate 3 million people.
Governance in Gaza
The proposal does not include a future for militant group hamas in the besieged strip, but outlines that an “administration will take over the management of the gaza strip’s Afffirs in Affairs in Affairs for 6 months, An independent committee consisting of technocrats and non-decisional figures, under the umbrella of the palestinian government. ”
Arab states have stated the final goal is allowing the “Palestinian National Authority to Fully Return to the Gaza Strip.”
Arab States have called for “Holding Presidential and Legislative Elections in All Palestinian Areas One Year from Now IF The Approves Conditions are available.” In a statement to cnbc, a Senior Political Official For Hamas Said The Group Welcome Elections, Saying It Had Been A Demand for Years, to Give “The Palestinian People The Chance to Choice to Choes Reporescentative Leadership and Their Political pathway. ”
Questions Still Remain Around How Or If Hamas will agre to disarm, but the group told cnbc the arab plan contained “positive elements as well as a road map that is suitable to a proposal.”
