CAIRO – 5 March 2025: Arab leaders commended on Tuesday Egypt’s plan for Gaza reconstruction announced by President Abdel Fattah al Sisi, renewing their rejections for all attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause or to displace Palestinian people.
This came during the leader’s speeches at the extraordinary Arab summit hosted in Cairo to discuss developments in the Palestinian issue,
In his speech, King Abdullah II of Jordan affirmed Jordan's support for the Gaza reconstruction plan and its complete rejection of all attempts to displace Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
The King stressed the importance of sustaining the ceasefire in Gaza and ensuring the implementation of all its stages.
He also confirmed Jordan's rejection of the Israeli decision to prevent the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
The Jordanian King called for the preparation of a clear and implementable vision for the management of Gaza and linking it to the West Bank, and reiterated Jordan's rejection of any measure aiming to liquidate the Palestinian issue and undermine the two-state solution.
Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, said: “We affirm our support for Egypt, Jordan and the Arab plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip with the participation of the Palestinian people.”
He confirmed in his speech the right of the Palestinian people to establish their fully sovereign state. Rejecting all displacement and settlement plans.
“Palestine will remain the central issue in the Arab region and we affirm the need to work on the two-state solution to enhance peace, stressing the need to mobilize positions supporting the Palestinian people and their just cause,” Al-Alimi said.
Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, praised the Egyptian initiative calling for summit to be hosted in Cairo to coordinate positions on the Palestinian issue, stressing Sudan's firm and supportive position for the Palestinian people in order to establish their independent state on the borders of June 4, 1967.
He added during his speech at the emergency Arab summit in Cairo on the developments of the Palestinian issue: “We categorically reject any plans aimed at displacing Palestinians from their land and declare our full support for the Egyptian-Arab initiative aimed at rebuilding Gaza without displacing its residents.”
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said that Syria's return to the Arab League is a ‘historic moment’, adding that, “Arab action must be strengthened and Arab solutions must be sought for our common crises.”
He added during his speech at the emergency Arab summit in Cairo to discuss developments in the Palestinian issue: “The region faces political and economic challenges that can be overcome through joint cooperation. And Syria is determined to build a better future for its people and the Arab nation.”
The Syrian president affirmed that the displacement of Palestinians is an attempt to double the suffering of the Palestinian people, which represents a threat to the Palestinian people and the entire Arab nation. “We stand with the Palestinian people towards freedom and justice,” Syrian President said.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi announced on Tuesday adopting the final statement of the Extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo, and the Egyptian plan for the reconstruction and development of the Gaza Strip.
In his closing speech for the summit, Sisi addressed Arab leaders saying: “at the end of this pivotal summit, I extend to you my sincere thanks and great appreciation for your sincere efforts, vision and valued support,
You have enriched the sincere discussion with valuable interventions that I am confident will undoubtedly contribute to achieving Arab interests, preserving our national security and strengthening joint Arab action in a way that meets the aspirations of our Arab peoples.
We welcome any proposals or ideas from the international community to ensure the success of the reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip, which needs to be implemented side by side with a greater plan for peace. I look forward to working with our Arab brothers, President Trump and the international community to adopt a plan that aims for a comprehensive and just settlement of the Palestinian Issue, ends the root causes of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, guarantees the security and stability of the peoples of the region and establishes the Palestinian State.”
President Sisi chaired on Tuesday the Extraordinary Arab Summit, held upon the request of Palestine in the New Administrative Capital to discuss developments of the Palestinian issue and means to support the Palestinian people.
President Sisi said in his opening speech that Egypt, in cooperation with Palestine and international institutions, worked to formulate a ‘comprehensive and integrated plan for Gaza reconstruction without displacing Palestinians’, starting with urgent relief operations, leading to the process of rebuilding the Strip.
President Sisi called upon all countries to adopt the comprehensive plan and mobilize regional and international support for it.
Moreover, he announced that Egypt will be hosting a reconstruction conference next month, calling on all ‘free and friendly countries to contribute to this path, and to participate effectively in the reconstruction conference’ and the Gaza Strip supporting fund expected to be established to help Palestinian families.
The Egyptian President in his speech confirmed the importance of expressing ‘absolute rejection and condemnation’ of the attacks and violations against Palestinian people in West Bank. He also strongly rejected and warned against the consequences of the continued attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He said that “there will be no real peace without the establishment of the Palestinian state, and peace will not come by violence and it cannot be imposed by force.”
“The independent Palestinian state must be established on the lines of June 4, 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, while providing all the necessary guarantees at the same time to preserve Israel's security,” Sisi said.
He concluded his speech saying that: “It is time to adopt a serious and effective political path leading to a just and permanent solution to the Palestinian issue, in accordance with international legitimacy resolutions. And I am certain that President Trump is capable of doing this, in light of our sincere desire to put an end to the tensions and hostilities in our region.”
Wed, Mar. 5, 2025
