US President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday.
The first shipment of Qatari humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip via the Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing early Monday as thousands of Palestinians began to return to the north of the enclave, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said.
President Donald Trump says he would like to see Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting from the Gaza Strip, potentially moving out enough of the population to "clean out" the area to create a virtual clean slate.
Jordanian officials have rejected President Trump's comments about Egypt and Jordan "taking" in more displaced Palestinians. Jordan's position "rejecting the displacement of Palestinians is fixed and unchangeable and is necessary to achieve the stability and peace that we all want,
President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s on Sunday. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced in 15 months of fighting.
Jordan renewed its rejection on Monday of Palestinian resettlement after US President Donald Trump called to “clean out” the Gaza Strip.
Jordanian officials have immediately rejected President Trump’s proposal to “clean out” Gaza by sending more than a million Palestinian refugees to Jordan and Egypt. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said Sunday that the kingdom in Amman condemns Trump’s plan and that under no condition would it accept the Palestinians displaced by more than 15 months of war with Israel.
Trump has said he would “rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where Palestinians can maybe live in peace for a change”. Who all are opposing this plan,
President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is likely to be met with a hard "no" from the two close U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves.
Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians in Gaza and 'clean out that whole thing' is rejected by Egypt and Jordan - Backlash over Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordon take in Gaza’s now largely homeless population,