Muslim nations endorse alternative to Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

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The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has endorsed an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump’s controversial plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, two ministers told AFP.

The decision by the 57-member grouping came at an emergency meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, three days after the Arab League ratified the plan at a summit in Cairo.

“The emergency ministerial meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation adopted the Egyptian plan, which has now become an Arab-Islamic plan,” Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said, in comments echoed by his Sudanese counterpart.

“It is certainly a very positive thing,” Abdelatty said.

 Diplomats attend an Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on March 7, 2025. — AFP
Diplomats attend an Extraordinary Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah on March 7, 2025. — AFP

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