Arab leaders met in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Friday for the first time to formulate a response to President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take ownership of Gaza, expel its Palestinian population and turn it into a Middle Eastern “Riviera.

The emerging Arab plan is likely to call for Palestinian technocrats to govern Gaza and billions to be spent on reconstruction, without removing Gazan residents.

Egypt met with the Gulf Arab states and Jordan in Saudi Arabia on Friday for an informal discussion on the future of Gaza.

With lives at stake, the Arab world is rallying to counter what analysts described as the US president's 'deranged ethnic-cleansing plan' The Middle East is holding its breath as diplomats across the Arab world scramble to defuse the political and humanitarian powder keg that is US President Donald Trump's shocking proposal to relocate Gaza's 2.