Saudi Arabia Hosts ‘Informal Brotherly Gathering’ to Counter Trump Gaza Plan
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed a host of regional Arab leaders to Riyadh on Friday for what Saudi media described as an “informal brotherly gathering” to discuss “cooperation and coordination.”
Among those invited were Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and representatives from a variety of Arab governments including Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Kuwait.
While official statements out of Riyadh only vaguely described the objective of the meeting as further cooperation and improving diplomatic ties among those present, multiple reports elsewhere citing anonymous sources in the know indicated that a primary topic of discussion was President Donald Trump’s plan for the United States to “take over” the Gaza Strip, evacuate its vulnerable civilians, and rebuild the area entirely. Trump suggested this month that Gaza has the potential to become the “Riviera of the Middle East” under American administration, outraging local Arab governments who oppose allowing Palestinian civilians to escape the horrors of war-torn Gaza.
Gaza has been governed by the jihadist terror organization Hamas for nearly two decades. It has been in a state of war since late 2023, when Hamas used its position there to invade Israel, massacre an estimated 1,200 people, and engage in a variety of crimes against humanity including gang rape and infanticide. Hamas has taken no responsibility for the gravity of its atrocities and routinely claims that the people it abducted and killed were victims of the Israeli government.
Shortly after Trump introduced his idea of the United States to capture Gaza, the Saudi government announced that it would prepare a meeting of Arab countries on February 20 intended to address the situation directly. That plan reportedly involved inviting the heads of the governments of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, and the UAE for a discussion on the future of Gaza. The meeting on Friday appears to be the ultimate result of the plan for that meeting.
Saudi media repeatedly used the descriptors “brotherly” and “fraternal” to describe the meeting on Friday.
A friendly and fraternal meeting in Riyadh brings together the leaders of the Gulf states, the King of Jordan, and the President of Egypt pic.twitter.com/S1plzu1brG
— Saudi Gazette (@Saudi_Gazette) February 21, 2025
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the UAE, described the meeting as “part of efforts to further strengthen co-ordination and consultation between our countries” in a statement after the event, according to the Emirati newspaper The National.
“This meeting is part of the private friendly gatherings that have been regularly held for many years between the leaders of the GCC states, Jordan, and Egypt,” an unnamed source told the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), “reflecting the strong brotherly ties between the leaders, which enhances cooperation and coordination.”
The group did not publish a joint statement following the talks to offer specifics on the conversation. Multiple outlets including The National, Al Jazeera, the Agence France-Presse (AFP), and the Egyptian newspaper al-Ahram all indicated that unnamed sources could confirm that coming up with an alternative plan to rebuild Gaza to keep America out was high on the priority list, if not the entire reason for the meeting.
The AFP reported, citing a “source close to the Saudi government,” that the group was hoping to hash out “a reconstruction plan to counter Trump’s plan for Gaza.”
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