In the short term, he may succeed in preventing the eviction of Palestinians from Gaza and their proposed resettlement in Egypt, Jordan, and even Saudi Arabia.

The summit promises to raise enough funds for reconstruction while leaving Palestinians in temporary shelters on their own land.

The urgent and more challenging item of the summit’s agenda will be finding an alternative power to replace Hamas as the government of Gaza.

Prince Mohammed is a sworn enemy of several Islamist movements, but his disdain for Hamas is more profound.
He considers it responsible for derailing his plan to complete normalisation with Israel after 7 October 2023

The crown prince’s determination to normalise relations with Israel springs out of domestic interest.
Saudi Arabia would like to see the transfer of Israeli technology, military equipment, intelligence and develop closer trade relations.

More importantly, he hopes such a move would lead to closer security ties with the United States.