The idea is considering the establishment of “secure zones” inside Gaza where Palestinians could live while Egyptian and international construction companies would restore the infrastructures of the Gaza Strip.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that his country was developing a plan to rebuild Gaza without forcing the Palestinians to leave the band, in order to counter the proposal of President Donald Trump to depopulate the territory so that the United States can s’ Enter it.
According to the Egyptian public newspaper Al-Ahramthe proposal provides The creation of “secure zones” inside Gaza Where the Palestinians could first live while Egyptian and international construction companies would dismantle and restore the infrastructures of the Gaza Strip.
According to two Egyptian officials and Arab and Western diplomats, the Egyptian authorities discussed this plan with European diplomats as well as with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. They would also have discussed means of funding reconstruction, in particular by organizing An international conference on the reconstruction of Gaza.
Civil servants and diplomats spoke under the cover of anonymity, because The proposal is still under negotiation.
This project follows International outcry Provided by Donald Trump’s call to expulsion from the Gaza population, which has some 2 million Palestinians. Trump said the United States would take control of the Gaza Strip and rebuild it to make it a “Riviera du Middle East”but that the Palestinians would not be allowed to return.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who went to Saudi Arabia on Monday as part of a tour in the region, said the United States was ready to hear other proposals. “If the Arab countries have a better plan, it’s perfect”Rubio said on Thursday on the American radio program “Clay and Buck Show”.
Reconstruction plans depend on the second phase of the ceasefire
The Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram said the proposal aimed at “Refute the logic of the American president Trump” and to counter “Any other vision or plan aimed at modifying the geographic and demographic structure of the Gaza Strip”.
The Egyptian proposal provides for the implementation ofAn unlined Palestinian administration on Hamas or the Palestinian authorityresponsible for directing the Gaza Strip and supervising reconstruction efforts, according to the two Egyptian officials involved in these efforts.
The project also provides Implementation of a Palestinian police force Mainly composed of former police officers of the Palestinian authority who remained in Gaza after taking control of the enclave by Hamas in 2007, with the reinforcement of Egyptian forces and forces formed by the West.
Asked about the possibility of deploying an Arab force in Gaza, an Egyptian official and the Arab diplomat declared that the Arab countries would only give their agreement if it existed A “clear way” for the creation of an independent Palestinian State. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected any Palestinian state as well as any role of Hamas or the Palestinian authority supported by the West in the management of the Gaza Strip, although he did not propose a clear alternative .
Hamas said it was ready to abandon power in Gaza
Hamas spokesperson Abdul Latif Al-Qanou said that the group had accepted either a Palestinian unity government without the participation of Hamas, or a committee of technocrats to lead the territory. The Palestinian Authority, which governs pockets of the West Bank, has hitherto opposed any Gaza exclusion project.
Designated “safety zones”
A Western diplomat said that France and Germany had supported the idea that Arab countries are making a counter-proposition in terms of Mr. Trump, and that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi had discussed his government’s efforts With the French president during a telephone call at the beginning of the month.
The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Badr Abdelatty, also informed the German Minister of Foreign Affairs and other European officials on the sidelines of the Munich on security conference last week, said one of the Egyptian officials.
Representatives of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan will discuss the Egyptian proposal at a meeting in Riyadh this week, before presenting it at the Arab summit at the end of the months, according to the two Egyptian officials and the Arab diplomat.
The Egyptian plan provides a three -phase reconstruction process that will last up to five yearswithout expelling the Palestinians from Gaza, said Egyptian officials.
ADVERTISEMENTIt designates three “safety zones” inside Gaza to relocate the Palestinians during a first “early recovery period” of six months. These areas will be equipped with mobile houses and shelters, and humanitarian aid will trigger there.
