A new pan-Arab plan for the reconstruction of Gaza has failed to persuade President Donald Trump to drop his controversial proposal for the US to occupy the strip and redevelop it into a luxury Mediterranean resort after forcibly evicting the embattled Palestinian population.
Based on World Bank and United Nations Development Programme assessments, which have estimated the cost of Gaza’s reconstruction at US$53 billion, the plan unveiled on Tuesday and approved by the 22-member League of Arab States at a summit in Egypt envisions a three-phase, five-year recovery process without any population displacement.