BRUSSELS (AP) — Over 60 delegations are meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss reconstruction, governance and security in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and reforming the Palestinian Authority.

France and Saudi Arabia are chairing a meeting of Palestine Donors Group, focusing on reforms of the PA called for by a U.S. peace plan that won approval at the United Nations Security Council on Monday. The PA currently administers semi-autonomous pockets in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and is making a renewed push to become a player in postwar Gaza.

The European Union, the Authority’s largest financial supporter, hopes it can effectively rule Gaza after deep reforms. But the U.S. is demanding the PA reform first, and Israel rejects any role for the PA in Gaza outright.

The meeting will not s

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