White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters
on Monday that Trump will hold a multilateral meeting with Saudi Arabia, the
UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan.
Axios reported Trump will present the group with a proposal
for peace and post-war governance in Gaza.
In addition to freeing hostages and ending the war, Trump is
expected to discuss US plans around an Israeli withdrawal and post-war
governance in Gaza, without Hamas involvement, according to Axios.
Washington wants Arab and Muslim countries to agree to send
military forces to Gaza to enable Israel's withdrawal and to secure funding for
transition and rebuilding programs, Axios reported.
Trump will address the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, a day
after dozens of world leaders gathered at the United Nations to embrace a Palestinian
state, a landmark diplomatic shift nearly two years into the Gaza war that
faces fierce resistance from Israel and the United States.
The nations said a two-state solution was the only way to
achieve peace, but Israel said the recognition of a Palestinian state was a
reward to extremism.
Israel's assault on Gaza since October 2023 has killed tens
of thousands, internally displaced Gaza's entire population, and set
off a starvation crisis. Multiple rights experts, scholars and
a UN inquiry assessed it amounts to genocide.
Israel calls its actions self-defense and has also
bombed Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Qatar during the course of its war in
Gaza.
Trump had promised a quick end to the war in Gaza, but a
resolution remains elusive eight months into his term.
In February, Trump proposed a US takeover of Gaza and
a permanent displacement of Palestinians from there. It was labeled
as an "ethnic cleansing" proposal by rights experts and the United
Nations. Forcible displacement is illegal under international law. Trump cast
the plan as a re-development idea.
