CHANDLER, Ariz.—A half-dozen friends gathered at a hookah bar just outside of Phoenix for their regular hangout, when they came around to a topic that had animated them during the presidential election: what the future of Gaza would look like under President Trump.

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.

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

France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have announced support for the Arab-backed plan on Gaza, an opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposal. Europe’s powerhouses at the weekend described the proposition formulated by Egypt as a “realistic” post-war reconstruction method of action.

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

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain said on Saturday they supported an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion and avoid displacing Palestinians from the enclave.

The foreign ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Britain welcomed the plan, which calls for Gaza to be rebuilt over five years.

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation formally adopted early Saturday an Arab League counter-proposal to US President Donald Trump's plan to take over Gaza and displace its residents, calling on the