President Donald Trump once again insisted that he would now take control of Gaza’s belt, because on Tuesday he met Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House in the White House.
It was their first meeting since Trump announced his proposal to take over the enclave and move its two million Palestinians to other countries in the region, including Jordan.
Earlier this week, Trump suggested that he could take away the help of Jordan and Egypt, unless they agree to take those gazans.
Jordan, a key American ally in the Middle East, is already the home of millions of Palestinians and rejected the proposal. King Abdullah after their meeting said Jordan was “a steady position [is] Against displacement of Palestinians. “
But speaking with journalists in the oval office, with King Abdullah sitting on the right, Trump hinted that he would not switch to his idea that launched a global condemnation when he discovered it last week.
“We’ll take him. We’ll hold him. We’ll keep him safe,” he said about Gaza.
Trump claimed that “a lot of jobs” would be created throughout the region if the American download of the devastated territory would occur.
“I think that could be a diamond,” he said, adding that he now believes that he is now “above” that they have to threaten other countries to participate.
King Abdullah sat quietly next to Trump as the president repeated the proposal that would improve the decades of established American politics and could represent a violation of international law, which forbids the forced transfer of the population.
So far, Jordan has rejected the idea as a fundamental violation of international law, but quietly expressed concern about the ability of the kingdom to absorb a large number of Palestinians.
Able to accept additional Palestinians, King Abdullah said that it would be necessary to a solution that is “best for everyone”. He said Jordan would take 2,000 Palestinian children.
Trump, however, appeared unwavering and repeated his view that he expects Jordan and Egypt to play a role in moving Palestinians.
“I believe we will have a plot of land in Jordan. I believe we will have a land plot in Egypt,” Trump said. “We may have somewhere else, but I think when we finish conversations, we will have a place where they will live very happy and very safe.”
After the meeting, King Abdullah wrote on Xu that the meeting was “constructive” and that his “most important dedication to Jordan, his stability and well -being of the Jordanac”.
But he clarified his country’s concern with Trump’s proposal.
“I repeated Jordan’s persistent position against the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and the west coast,” he said. “This is a coupled Arabic position.”
“The renewal of gauze without replacing Palestinians and resolving the difficult humanitarian situation should be a priority for everyone,” he added.
Jordan is already a home of millions of people originally from Palestinian refugees who were forced from a country that became Israel in 1948, along with those whose roots are firmly lying east of the Jordan River.
The country also absorbed the waves of Syria refugees and relies greatly on American economic and military assistance.
The UN warned that any forced displacement of civilians from the occupied territory is strictly forbidden to international law and “equal ethnic cleansing”.
Trump seems to have made a question about the UN warning on Tuesday.
“We move them to a wonderful place where they can have new homes, where they can live safely, where they can have doctors and medical and all these things,” he said.
King Abdullah said during the meeting that he would discuss this, and both sides should “wait until the Egyptians” cannot present ideas.
The contract with Egypt is considered to be a proposal for future gauze management, which supported other Arab states as a way to oppose Trump’s plan.
Although it is still formulated, it is believed that the proposal could include the local technocratic administration drawn from Palestinians in Gaza, without associated fractions, including Hamas.
Ever since he first discovered an American proposal during a press conference, along with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump has repeatedly doubled in his plan for Gaza, saying he was “dedicated to buying and possessing”.
In an interview with FOX News broadcasting earlier this week, Trump said that two million Gaza residents would move and have no right to return.
“It wouldn’t, because they have much better accommodation,” he said. “I’m talking about building a permanent place for them.”
