The organization of Islamic cooperation on Friday supported US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan and supported an Arab League Counter-Proposal to handle Gaza and displace its inhabitants, two ministers told AFP.
57-The decision of the member’s group came to an emergency meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, when the Arab League confirmed the plan at a summit in Cairo.
The Egyptian-Taiyer option for the widely condemned acquisition of Trump proposed to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the Future Administration of the Palestinian Authority.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Badar Abdeltti said in comments resonant by his Sudani counterpart, “The emergency meeting of the organization of Islamic cooperation adopted the Egyptian plan, which has now become an Arab-Islamic plan.”
“This is definitely a very positive thing,” said Abdeltti.
Trump triggers global resentment by suggesting to take the US to “Gaza” and turned it to “Riviera of the Middle East”, while forcing his Palestinian residents to move to Egypt or Jordan.
At the Tuesday’s summit in Cairo, Arab leaders also announced a trust fund to pay for Gaza’s reconstruction and urged the international community to return it.
“The next step is to plan an international plan through the European Union and the adoption by international parties like Japan, Russia, China and others,” said Abdeltti.
“This is what we want and we have contact with all sides including the American party.”
However, the counter-proposal does not underline a role for Hamas, which controls Gaza, and was rejected by both the United States and Israel.
Washington’s plan “does not meet the expectations”, Tammy Bruce, a spokesman of the State Department, told reporters on Thursday.
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witchoff gave a more positive response, calling it “the first step from the Egyptians”.
Raba Safe Allam, in Cairo of Al-Abhram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, said Egypt was demanding “comprehensive support” for its proposal.
He said, “This is an attempt to create a broad alliance that denies the displacement of Palestinians from Gaza”.
Trump’s plan is already in protest by the United Arab countries, hosting Arab leaders two weeks ago with Saudi Arabia to discuss options.
The OIC also read Syria, which was suspended in the civil war under Bashar al-Assad after a long topping of the ruler in December 2012.
A statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry said, “This decision represents an important step towards Syria’s return as an independent and just a state in Syrian regional and international communities.”
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