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.

In the Arab world many have rejected Trump’s idea. His plan to relocate Palestinians is being criticized as forced displacement, and international groups like the United Nations have warned that such actions would be against international law.

Egyptian sources revealed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will not go to the US for talks if the forced displacement of Palestinians is on the agenda.

Trump was ‘attentive and sympathetic’ in his meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah, a source told Middle East Eye

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."

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he does not “impose” his plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, expressing surprise at the rejection of the proposal by Jordan and Egypt. “‘ll tell you the way to do,

US president recommends plan but will not impose it US President Donald Trump says his controversial plan to take over Gaza is only a recommendation and that he will not 'force' it. Trump had previously suggested the entire Palestinian population of the strip should be forcibly removed and resettled elsewhere.