Trump to Discuss Gaza Peace Plan with Muslim-Majority Nations

September 23, 2025 | 01:44 pm

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with leaders and officials from several Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, to discuss the situation in Gaza, which has been the target of Israel’s military campaign, widely condemned as genocide.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday that Trump will hold a multilateral meeting with representatives from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

According to a source familiar with the matter, Gaza will be a central topic.

Citing reports from Axios, CNA, and Al Arabiya, Trump is expected to present a postwar peace and governance proposal for Gaza to this group of countries.

In addition to calling for the release of hostages and an end to the war, Trump is expected to outline U.S. plans regarding the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the establishment of a postwar administration in Gaza without Hamas involvement, Axios reported.

Washington hopes Arab and Muslim countries will agree to deploy troops to Gaza to facilitate Israel’s withdrawal and secure funding for a transitional governance structure and reconstruction efforts.

Trump will also address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, a day after dozens of world leaders gathered at UN headquarters in New York to voice support for Palestinian statehood. The move marks a significant diplomatic shift nearly two years after Israel’s Gaza offensive, which has faced mounting global opposition against both Tel Aviv and Washington.

While both the U.S. and Israel continue to cite a two-state solution as the only path to peace, Israel maintains that recognizing a Palestinian state would reward extremism.

Since October 2023, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 65,300 people, the majority of them women and children. The assault and blockade have displaced Gaza’s entire population and triggered a famine. UN investigators, human rights experts, and academics have described Israel’s actions as genocide.

Israel claims its operations are acts of self-defense following the Hamas-led attack in October 2023 that killed about 1,200 people, including victims of Israeli military fire. Hamas also took more than 250 hostages during the assault.

Under the pretext of defense, Israel has also launched strikes on Iran, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Qatar throughout its Gaza campaign.

Trump has repeatedly pledged to end what he calls Israel’s genocide in Gaza, though a resolution remains elusive eight months into his presidency. His term began with a two-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which collapsed on March 18 after an Israeli strike killed 400 Palestinians.

Recent images of starving Palestinian civilians, including children, have fueled global outrage and further pressure for an end to the conflict.

Earlier in February, Trump floated a controversial plan for a U.S.-led takeover of Gaza and the permanent removal of its Palestinian residents. The proposal was denounced by UN officials and human rights experts as “ethnic cleansing.”

Forced displacement is considered illegal under international law and constitutes a war crime. Trump, however, defended the plan as part of a reconstruction vision.

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