Arab emergency summit tensions: A Gulf state tries to ease resistance to Trump’s Gaza deal

The newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed revealed that one of the Gulf States is working to make a fundamental change in the concluding statement of the Arab Emergency Summit, which will be held in Cairo on February 27.

According to diplomatic sources in the Arab League, the state is demanding that the word "forced" be added to the clause opposing the transfer of Palestinians from Gaza – an addition that would significantly reduce the scope of opposition to the transfer of the residents.

At the top of the list is opposition to the transfer of Palestinians, both in Gaza and in Judea and Samaria. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry officially confirmed the summit yesterday, noting that the date was set in coordination with Bahrain, which serves as president of the Arab League, and the organization's general secretariat. The decision was made after extensive consultations with member states, including the Palestinian Authority, which initiated the summit.

Egyptian diplomatic sources told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that Cairo has received indications that Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara is expected to come to Cairo as a representative of Damascus at the summit that will discuss the situation in Gaza and the Israeli and American plans to transfer the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The summit comes against the backdrop of a wave of regional and international condemnation of US President Donald Trump's proposal that Israel control the Gaza Strip and establish what he called a "Middle East Riviera" after the Palestinian residents were relocated.

As noted, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement yesterday against the plans to transfer Palestinians from Gaza, stating that the only way to deal with threats to regional and international peace is to adopt an approach that respects the rights of all the peoples of the region. "This includes the Palestinian people, who are suffering from an unprecedented violation of their basic rights, first and foremost the right to live in peace on their land and homeland," the statement said.