King Abdullah II on Tuesday rejected President Trump’s proposal to his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza, saying he still opposes Mr Trump’s plans to clear the territory so that the United States can It can seize control.
In a “constructive” meeting with the White House U.S. President, King Abdullah said he “reaffirmed Jordan’s firm position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.”
“This is a unified Arab position,” he said in an article on social media after the meeting. “Rebuilding Gaza without replacing Palestinians and resolving the terrible humanitarian situation should be a priority for all.”
Mr Trump insisted that the U.S. had the right to “take over” part of Gaza, which was his statement, as part of pressure on leaders of Jordan and other Arab countries to accept forced evacuation, which has caused widespread condemn.
“We will have Gaza,” Mr. Trump said while sitting next to Mr. Abdullah and Crown Prince Hussein in Jordan. “This is a war-ridden area. We want to accept it. We will hold it. We Cherish it.”
When journalists demanded Mr. Trump’s proposal, Mr. Abdullah expressed largely opposition, describing the president as a force for peace in the region and saying Jordan was ready to help Palestinian children on sick leave.
But according to his statement, Mr. Abdullah was more direct with Mr. Trump in private.
“Achieving peace based on a two-state solution is the way to ensure regional stability,” King Abdullah said in the Post. “This requires our leadership.”
The meeting came a week after Mr. Trump announced that he wanted the United States to seize control of Gaza and hoped that Jordan and Egypt would relocate about 2 million Palestinians, who they called home. Jordan and Egypt both rejected the idea when Trump presented a press conference last week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The meeting with King Abdullah is not only a critical moment for key Middle East allies, but also a wider situation in the future of Gaza.
Negotiations are because the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip war appears to be at risk of damage. Mr Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that if hostages were not released at noon Saturday, Israeli forces would resume “hard fighting.” His statement responded to the last posting of Mr. Trump on Monday night and Tuesday, which Hamas will need to release all remaining hostages by noon Saturday.
“They either kicked them out by 12 on Saturday or all bets were closed,” Mr Trump said.
Hamas accused Israel of violating its promise to send hundreds of thousands of tents into Gaza, a claim that three Israeli officials and two mediators said was accurate. But the Israeli military department that oversees the delivery of aid said Hamas’s claim was “a totally wrong charge.”
Jonathan Panikoff, director of the Scowcroft Middle East Secuthitia initiative, said.
“All leaders in the region are trying to balance what they think is increasingly unstable,” Pankov said. “There are nearly a year and a half of conflicts now and it has never completely subsided. But now, you have an American The president threatens to take action, which will increase kerosene from the already burning fires.”
In recent days, Mr. Trump has dug out his impossible proposal for permanent resettlement of most Palestinians, and the United States will control the territory by Israel and then redevelop it as a hub for work and tourism. According to several people he spoke with, Mr. Trump has been talking about the notion of U.S. control of Gaza for weeks.
Mr. Trump increased pressure on Egypt and Jordan on the eve of King Abdullah’s visit, when he said he could cut aid to Jordan unless he hired Palestinians. Once resettled, those Palestinians are not authorized to return to Gaza under his plan to rebuild the territory of people around the world, Mr. Trump said. When asked how he would force Palestinians to leave Gaza, Mr. Trump shrugged. “They will be great,” he said. “They will be happy.”
U.S. aid to Jordan (including military aid) has been frozen, part of Mr. Trump’s global cessation of foreign aid. Nevertheless, King Abdullah faces a difficult task of trying to protect Jordan’s more than $1.5 billion in foreign aid received from the United States, while also trying to withdraw Mr. Trump from the mass removal of Palestine People’s request.
Mr Trump appears to have gone his suggestion that he will cut aid to Jordan on Tuesday, saying: “We are beyond that.”
Analysts say the monarchy fears that accepting the influx of about 2 million refugees could inspire tensions between people of Palestinian descent and those without. More than half of King Abdullah’s 12 million subjects are of Palestinian descent. Jordan is already home to about 700,000 refugees, most of whom are Syrians who fled the civil war.
Jordan’s parliament introduced a bill last week that would prohibit the resettlement of Palestinians in the country. King Abdullah may have tried to convince Mr. Trump that his hopes moving Palestinians out of Gaza will make his administration more complicated by efforts to make Saudi Arabians join the MR.
Instead of initially fighting back to Mr. Trump, King Abdullah calmed the president by saying Jordan would attract 2,000 Palestinian children with cancer and other diseases. Mr. Trump responded to the claim, calling it a “beautiful gesture,” although foreign policy analysts said Jordan had previously said it would take away sick children in Gaza.
Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Middle East Academy, said King Abdullah’s offer was from a well-developed “script” used by Arab leaders when dealing with Trump.
He said the Arab leader said, “Know how to appease Trump – and then work with serious people on the team and they realize his nonsense.”
Michael Crowley Contribution report.
