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Saudi Arabia to host Arab summit on Trump’s Gaza plan • Feb. 14, 2025, 9:17 PM ET (Straits Times)

Arab League chief rejects Trump plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza • Feb. 12, 2025, 10:06 PM ET (Voice of America English News)

Trump’s Gaza plan threatens Mideast ‘peace and stability’, warns Arab League • Feb. 12, 2025, 4:28 AM ET (South China Morning Post)

Middle East latest: Hamas frees 3 hostages, Israel releases Palestinians as part of ceasefire deal • Feb. 1, 2025, 5:32 PM ET (AP)

Arab nations reject Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan • Feb. 1, 2025, 12:06 PM ET (AP)

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Also Known As	al-Jāmiʿa al-ʿArabīyah • League of Arab States • al-Jāmiʿa ad-Duwal al-ʿArabīyah • LAS
Date	March 22, 1945 - present
Areas Of Involvement	economic growth • social change • culture • defense
Related People	Nuri al-Said • Maḥmūd Riyāḍ • ʿAbd al-Khāliq Ḥassūnah • Lakhdar Brahimi

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