The rejection of the proposal indicates President Trump’s commitment to positions he has staked out on contentious foreign-policy questions.

They say the Arab League's proposal for post-war reconstruction fails to address realities in Gaza.

Arab leaders on Tuesday endorsed Egypt’s postwar plan for the Gaza Strip that would allow its roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain, in a counterproposal to US President Donald Trump’s plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination.