Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he welcomed an Egyptian plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip and urged U.S. President Donald Trump to support such a plan that would not involve displacing Palestinian residents of the enclave.

Arab leaders will meet in Cairo to reject Palestinian displacement from Gaza. NPR looks at Egypt's reconstruction plans for Gaza that counter President Trump's ideas of expulsion.

Gaza Egypt’s draft plan for Gaza, a proposal discussed by Arab leaders at the Cairo summit on Tuesday, outlines a five-year reconstruction process alongside a significant political transition in the governance of the Palestinian territory.

A joint Israeli-Palestinian team which made a film chronicling the eviction of Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank delivered a passionate speech calling out injustices faced by Palestinians on Sunday night after they won the Oscar for best documentary.

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