US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that Egypt and Jordan would take in displaced Gazans, despite the two Arab nations dismissing his plan to move Palestinians from the territory.Trump's comments came a day after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II rejecting any forced displacement of Gazans following the war between Hamas and Israel.
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.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah II rejected on Wednesday any forced displacement of Gazans after US President Donald
US President Donald Trump had floated a plan to move Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
President-elect Donald Trump proposed a controversial plan aboard Air Force One: to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, suggesting it could bring stability to the region.
President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s. Mr. Trump’s suggestion echoes proposals from far-right Israelis. A Hamas official rejected the idea.
You’re talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over,’” he says
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says ‘displacement of the Palestinian people is an injustice’ after US president repeated call.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a call with Jordan's King Abdullah on Monday, the State Department said, with the call coming two days after a suggestion by President Donald Trump that Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza.
Donald Trump has urged Egypt and Jordan to take in more Palestinian refugees from Gaza to 'clean out' the area, which he describes as a devastated demolition site.
The president, calling the heavily bombed enclave “a demolition site,” proposed relocating Palestinians temporarily or long-term, a move rejected by Arab countries since the war began.
President Sisi of Egypt and King Abdullah II of Jordan firmly rejected the forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza following US President Trump’s suggestion. Sisi emphasized Egypt’s unwavering support for a Palestinian state,