At UN, Trump Tells Arab and Muslim Leaders He Will ‘End the War in Gaza’

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday declared that he will end the war in Gaza, calling his meeting with Arab and Muslim leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly his “most important meeting.”

“We want to end the war in Gaza. We’re going to end it. Maybe we can end it right now,” Trump told reporters before the closed-door talks. “This is my most important meeting… because we’re going to end something that should have probably never started.”

Leaders from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia, and Pakistan attended. Trump noted that “all of the big players except for Israel” were present, adding that he would meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington next week.

The meeting comes amid reports that Washington is working with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair on a post-war plan for Gaza, involving Arab funding and possible regional peacekeeping deployments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the talks “very fruitful” and confirmed that a joint declaration will be published. Emirati media reported that discussions centered on a permanent ceasefire, hostage release, and urgent humanitarian aid.

Trump earlier met French President Emmanuel Macron, who defended his government’s recognition of Palestinian statehood at a Franco-Saudi conference. Trump pushed back: “I think it honors Hamas, and you can’t do that because of October 7. You just can’t do that.”

Macron countered that “after almost two years of war, what is the result?” while acknowledging that Israel’s assassinations of Hamas leaders had not dismantled the group. “We need a full-fledged process,” Macron said.

Trump reiterated his lifelong support for Israel but insisted on a solution “good for everybody.”

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