Trump to present Arab leaders with US plan to end Gaza war -Axios
Leaders and senior officials from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan will participate in the meeting with the US president. US President Donald Trump signing an executive order in the Oval Office, Washington, September 19, 2025; illustrative.(photo credit: REUTERS/KEN CEDENO)By JERUSALEM POST STAFFSEPTEMBER 23, 2025 00:11Updated: SEPTEMBER 23, 2025 01:32US President Donald Trump will present a plan to Arab leaders with US principles for ending the Gaza war, a report by Axios said on Monday night.
Leaders and senior officials from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan will participate in the meeting with the US president.
Trump is expected to discuss a plan to free the hostages, a timeline of an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and a form of post-war governance in Gaza without Hamas.
Axios reported that the US wants Arab countries to agree to send military forces to Gaza to enable an IDF withdrawal.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto stated that he was prepared to deploy military forces to Gaza as a peacekeeping force, according to Axios.
 Humanitarian aid packages, dropped from an Indonesian Hercules aircraft, descend over the Gaza Strip, as seen from Israel, August 21, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)Trump to present plan for Gaza withdrawal Trump is also reportedly trying to secure Arab funding to rebuild the Strip. Arab officials told Axios that Tuesday was intended to be a preliminary meeting. "Our understanding is that Trump wants to get our feedback and support for the US plan to end the war and then push it forward," an Arab official said.
"Tomorrow's meeting could be fairly significant. We have a pretty good idea of the contours for ending the war. We want to present what we think is the only viable path forward and we want regional buy-in and support to make it successful," one US official told Axios.
One Israeli official stated that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is aware of the plan's basics, but recognizes that there will be specifics that will be challenging to sell to the government.
"There will be bitter pills we'll have to swallow," the Israeli official told Axios.
This comes as several Western nations, including the UK, Canada, and France, recognized a Palestinian state this past week.
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