Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.

US President Donald Trump said he is going to “sit back” and watch Arab countries craft a counter-proposal to his plan for the US to "take over" the Gaza Strip and forcibly displace two million Palestinians. Trump’s rhetoric suggests he relishes watching the US’s Arab allies rush to counter his plan.

Arab states who were swift to reject President Donald Trump's plan for the U.S. to take control of Gaza and resettle its Palestinians are scrambling to agree on a diplomatic offensive to counter the idea,

Egypt is promising a viable alternative to Trump's controversial Gaza plan with broad support that would keep Palestinians "in their homeland."

Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Friday to discuss countering Donald Trump’s proposal for US control of Gaza and the expulsion of its people.

With lives at stake, the Arab world is rallying to counter what analysts described as the US president's 'deranged ethnic-cleansing plan' The Middle East is holding its breath as diplomats across the Arab world scramble to defuse the political and humanitarian powder keg that is US President Donald Trump's shocking proposal to relocate Gaza's 2.