US President Donald Trump’s idea of depopulating and taking over Gaza was welcomed in Israel, though widely condemned elsewhere in the Middle East and even among Washington’s top European allies. Israeli lawmakers praised the surprise proposal as a means to end the war with Hamas,

During his press conference, Trump suggested that Saudi Arabia was not demanding a Palestinian homeland. But statements from Saudi officials since then contradict this narrative and point to increasingly divergent views on Gaza – and indeed, the future of Palestine – between Riyadh and Washington.