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"Trump
wants Jordan and Egypt to accept more Palestinian refugees and
suggests plan to 'clean out' Gaza
US
President
Donald
Trump
has
indicated that he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab
nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are
accepting from the
Gaza
Strip.
Speaking to reporters on Air Force One yesterday, Trump, an ally of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said: “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.’”
Trump
also told reporters that he had call earlier in the day with
King
Abdullah II o
f
Jordan and would speak with Egyptian President
Abdel
Fattah el-Sissi
on
Sunday.
The
newly inaugurated Republican president said he complimented Jordan
for having successfully accepted Palestinian refugees and that he
told the king: “I’d love for you to take on more, cause I’m
looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess. It’s
a real mess.” For context,Jordan is already home to more than 2.39
million registered Palestinian refugees,
according
to the UN
.
Trump added:
I
don’t know, something has to happen, but it’s literally a
demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished and
people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the
Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think
they could maybe live in peace for a change.
Trump
said that the potential housing “could be temporary” or “could
be long-term”. During Israel’s 15 month war on Gaza,
more
than two-thirds of buildings
have
been destroyed or damaged by one of the most intensive bombardments
in modern times. It has sparked a refugee crisis as large parts of
the territory are now uninhabitable."
(Guardian today)
No surprises.
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