CAIRO, March 4 : The Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday along with an accompanying delegation to participate in the Extraordinary Arab Summit. His Highness the Crown Prince was received by Egyptian Minister of Youth and Sports Ashraf Sobhi and Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya, Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Bader Saleh Al-Taneeb, Ambassador of Kuwait to Egypt Ghanem Saqer Al-Ghanim, Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Ambassador Ahmad Al-Baker, and Permanent Representative of Kuwait to the League of Arab States Ambassador Talal Al- Mutairi. Meanwhile, Palestinian Presidential advisor Dr. Mohammad Al-Habbash said on Monday that the Palestinian vision, to be discussed at Cairo’s Extraordinary Arab Summit, must be unified for both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Speaking to KUNA, Dr. Al-Habbash affirmed that the importance of maintaining a unified vision for the future of Palestine, which should end occupation and give Palestinians their rights. He affirmed that Palestinian participation in the summit would focus on maintaining the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, allowing the entry of humanitarian aid, and giving the Palestinians the chance to rebuild their homes and future without displacement. The extraordinary Arab Summit in Cairo on Tuesday will highlight efforts to refute the displacement of Palestinians from their lands and attempts to eliminate their just cause. As the US Trump administration is suggesting a deal that would see the expulsion of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip and possibly elsewhere, Egypt and Arab Leaders are offering a plan to rebuild the war-torn Gaza Strip. Al-Ahram newspaper revealed the three-stage Egyptian plan, which would be reviewed during the summit, consisted of zones to host displaced Palestinians within Gaza. It also called for opening the way for Arab contractors to take over the rebuilding of Gaza with Palestinian involvement as well as assigning an administrative committee to run Gaza for six months in coordination with the Palestinian authority. These details were also present in the press conference between Egyptian Foreign Minister Bader Abdulatty and Palestinian counterpart Hamad Mustafa.

According to the outcome from the press conference, the Egyptian minister indicated that the plan was devised in coordination with the Palestinian authorities, the UN, the World Bank, the UNDP, and other international players. Speaking to KUNA on this issue, Egyptian journalist and Arab affairs expert Osama Ajaj said that it was important to face President Donald Trump’s plans for the Gaza Strip, indicating that the Egyptian plan was based on grounded facts and very much achievable. He touched on the small-scale Arab summit, which was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on February 21 with the participation of five GCC countries, Jordan, Egypt, saying that the cornerstone of the Egyptian plan was based on its outcomes. The timetable for the Egyptian plan range from three to five years, he revealed, noting that finding suitable housing for Palestinians and repairing and rebuilding infrastructure destroyed by the Israeli occupation’s 15-month assault was the most prominent features of the plan.

He estimated the value of such plan and for early recovery was at around USD 50 billion, a number suggested by the UN and the World Bank. Ajaj stressed that gathering the required sum of money was a regional and international obligation if a true solution was the end goal. He affirmed that the Egyptian stance on the Palestinian cause was unwavering, indicating that resettling Palestinians and placing them in other countries was out of the question. Back to the urgent summit, Ajaj affirmed that it would come out with important decisions including an insistence on the Palestinian authority playing a key role in Gaza’s transitional phase. It would also address the Israeli occupation’s ongoing aggression on some cities the West Bank, which Ajaj deemed as an attempt to eliminate the Palestinian cause once and for all. Ajaj reiterated that the summit would also insist the two-state solution as the only way for peace in the Middle East.  (KUNA)