President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with the Amman government and perplexed a congressional ally. Trump nonetheless plans to discuss the idea more on Sunday with Egypt’s leader.
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Trump relayed what he told Jordan’s King Abdullah when the two held a call earlier Saturday: “I said to him, ‘I’d love for you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess.’” Both Egypt and Jordan have perpetually struggling economies. Their two governments and other Arab states fear massive destabilization of their own countries and the region from any such influx of refugees.
Jordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, said Sunday that his country’s opposition to what Trump floated was “firm and unwavering.” Some Israel officials had raised the idea early in the war. “I don’t know what he’s talking about. But go talk to MBS, go talk to UAE, go talk to Egypt,” Graham said. “What is their plan for the Palestinians? Do they want them all to leave?”, also announced Saturday that he had directed the U.S. to release a supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
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