Arab countries are putting together a plan that would rebuild Gaza without displacing its people, and guarantee security and governance, Jordan’s foreign minister has said, adding that his country could not take more Palestinians, Reuters reports.

“Just to answer you unequivocally, 35 per cent of our population are refugees, we cannot afford any more, we cannot have Palestinians coming to Jordan. They don’t want to come to Jordan and we don’t want them to come to Jordan,” Ayman Safadi said at the Munich Security Conference.

Jordan’s King Abdullah travelled to Washington on February 11, where he reiterated his country’s “steadfast position” against Trump’s plan.

According to two European diplomatic sources aware of the meeting, the King told Trump that the Arab plan would be “cheaper and faster” than Trump’s proposal, something that the American leader seemed receptive to.

“We are working on an Arab proposal that will show that we can rebuild Gaza without displacing its people, that we can have a plan that will guarantee security and governance,” Safadi said, adding that Israel also had to think about how it wanted to see the region in 10 or 20 years time.

“Israelis also have to think long-term. For it to live in peace and security, its neighbours need to live in peace and security,” he said.

 A drone view shows houses and buildings lying in ruins, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. — Reuters/Mahmoud Al-Basos/File
A drone view shows houses and buildings lying in ruins, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 19, 2025. — Reuters/Mahmoud Al-Basos/File

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