The Arab leaders set out the alternative to Trump’s plan

A reconstruction plan is expected to rival the idea of ​​President Donald Trump for the United States to “take over Gaza” and move to more than two million Palestinians who are approved at an emergency summit in the Egyptian capital El Cairo.

Egypt has produced another plan with a brilliant brochure, 91 pages long and complete with some influential Emirati designs, to counteract the United States scheme that shocked the Arab world and beyond.

Will one day a “Dubai in the Mediterranean” of Gaza’s debris instead of the “Riviera del Middle East” of the United States?

What distinguishes Cairo’s plan is that this plan is not just about property development; His banners are the policy and rights of the Palestinians.

A filtration of the declaration of the draft obtained by the BBC underlines that it is owned by the Arab and Palestinian states.

It will be “presented by Egypt, in full coordination with the countries of Palestine and Arabs, based on studies carried out by the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program with respect to early recovery and reconstruction in Gaza as an integral Arab plan.”

The most critical, allows more than two million residents of Gaza clinging to what remains of their lives, including their right to remain on land that generations of their families have called home.

President Trump continues to ask himself out loud: “Why would they not want to move?” His description of Gaza as a “demolition site” underlines how, after almost 16 months of serious war, the territory is in an absolute ruin.

The UN says that 90% of houses are damaged or destroyed. All the basic concepts of a life that is worth living, from schools and hospitals to wastewater systems and electricity lines, are crushed.

The draft of the filtered document does not explicitly refer to President Trump’s plan to “take over” the territory and transfer the Palestinians, mainly to neighboring countries. But it makes it clear that the movements just trigger more disasters.

“Any malicious attempt to displace the Palestinians or annexed any part of the occupied Palestinian territories would lead to new conflict phases, undermine stability opportunities, expand the conflict to other countries in the region and represent a clear threat to the bases of peace in the Middle East,” he warns.

Since the president of the United States suddenly spoke of his plan, there has been great pressure on Arab states not only to create an alternative plan, but to demonstrate that it can work.

Property developers know presentation issues.

President Trump deepened the shock and anger around his ideas when he published a video generated by a golden gaza About his truth of the social account last week.

He presented a brilliant statue of himself, his close ally Elon Musk enjoying the snacks on the beach, and he and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are without a shirt, without a shirt. Everything to a catchy melody with lines like “Trump Gaza is finally here”.

“They had President Trump in mind,” said a western diplomat who attended an informative session about Egypt’s plan in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cairo. “It’s very bright and very well prepared.”

It is said that the reconstruction plans of Cairo, which the BBC has obtained, with its attractive images of leafy neighborhoods and large column buildings, was based on a wide range of experience, from World Bank professionals on sustainability, to Dubai developers in hotels.

There are also lessons learned from other devastated cities that rose from the ruins, including Hiroshima, Beirut and Berlin.

And the proposed designs are also influenced by Egypt’s own experience in the development of his “New Cairo”, his great megaproject that has seen a new administrative capital leaving the desert, at great cost.

Who will pay for the construction of Gaza is an important problem. Egypt proposes that an international conference become as soon as possible for “recovery and reconstruction.”

The rich states of the Gulf seem willing to pay part of the colossal invoice that UN estimates will be around $ 50 billion (£ 39 billion).

But no one is ready to invest unless they are absolutely convinced that buildings do not collapse in another war.

A high fragile fire that now seems to be on the verge of collapse will only amplify that doubt.

“We will make intensive conversations with the main donor countries once the plan is adopted,” said Egypt Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, underlining the hope that the capitals around the world will help obtain cash.

Another sensitive aspect is who will run Gaza once this current confrontation ends.

A filtration of the draft declaration, backed by sources that have also seen the document, say that there is a proposal for a transition agreement, a technocrats committee called “Gaza Management Committee under the umbrella of the Palestinian Government.”

Benjamin Netanyahu, who describes President Trump’s Gaza Plan as “visionary”, has repeatedly ruled out any future role for Hamas, but also for the Palestinian authority.

The draft document “urges the United Nations Security Council to display international peace maintenance forces that contribute to guaranteeing security for both Palestinians and Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”

Obtaining the approval of Arab leaders for this new plan can be the easy part.

Hamas, which is said to accept that he will not play a role in Gaza’s career, still has military and political influence on the field.

It is known that some Arab states are asking for their complete dismantling; Others believe that these decisions should be left in the Palestinians. Hamas himself says that disarming is a red line.

As for President Trump, he said that he will not “force” his ideas to anyone, but he still insists that his plan is the “that really works.”