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Arab leaders meet to endorse counter proposal to Trump's Gaza ethnic cleansing plan
A tent camp for displaced Palestinians is set up amid destroyed buildings in the west of Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City, March 3, 2025

ARAB leaders meeting in Cairo today were set to endorse a counter proposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan for ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel hangs by a thread.

The summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi included the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose support is crucial for any postwar plan.

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