The Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain mentioned on Saturday (March 8, 2025) they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that might price $53 billion and keep away from displacing Palestinians from the enclave.
“The plan shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza and promises – if implemented – swift and sustainable improvement of the catastrophic living conditions for the Palestinians living in Gaza,” the Ministers mentioned in a joint assertion.
The plan, which was drawn up by Egypt and adopted by Arab leaders on Tuesday (March 3, 2025), has been rejected by Israel and by U.S. President Donald Trump, who has offered his personal imaginative and prescient to show the Gaza Strip right into a “Middle East Riviera”.
The Egyptian proposal envisages the creation of an administrative committee of impartial, skilled Palestinian technocrats entrusted with the governance of Gaza after the tip of the struggle in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The committee can be accountable for the oversight of humanitarian support and managing the Strip’s affairs for a short lived interval underneath the supervision of the Palestinian Authority.
The assertion issued by the 4 European international locations on Saturday (March 8, 2025) mentioned they have been “committed to working with the Arab initiative,” and they appreciated the “important signal” the Arab states had despatched by growing it.
The assertion mentioned Hamas “must neither govern Gaza nor be a threat to Israel any more” and that the 4 international locations “support the central role for the Palestinian Authority and the implementation of its reform agenda.”
Published – March 08, 2025 05:47 pm IST
