Saudi to host leaders of UAE, Egypt & Jordan to debate Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will host leaders of 4 Arab international locations at a summit on Feb 20 to debate President Trump’s proposal for a US takeover of Gaza, a supply with data of the preparations mentioned Friday.
Leaders of Egypt, Jordan, Qatar and the UAE will attend the summit, which is able to happen forward of an Arab League assembly in Cairo on Feb 27 on the identical problem, the supply mentioned. Talking on the situation of anonymity, one other supply mentioned President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmud Abbas, would additionally attend.
Trump sparked a worldwide outcry together with his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip and to maneuver greater than two million Palestinians out of the territory, citing Egypt or Jordan as doable locations. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has since advised Saudi Arabia may additionally host Palestinians, in remarks that drew condemnation from the Arab world, however which Israeli media mentioned was a joke.
Arab international locations have come collectively in a uncommon united entrance, outraged by the thought of shifting Palestinians en masse.