Egyptian-created Gaza reconstruction proposal ready for Arab summit

Published March 3, 2025 4:36pm ET



Egypt has prepared a plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that it will present on Tuesday at a summit of Arab leaders, according to Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

The plan amounts to a counterproposal to a scenario outlined by the United States, in which Palestinians would be relocated into surrounding Arab nations while the U.S. led a reconstruction effort. Opponents of the U.S. plan, which President Donald Trump dubbed the “Riviera on the Middle East,” alleged the forced displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza could amount to ethnic cleansing.

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