President Donald Trump on Saturday called on Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab nations to accept more Palestinian refugees from Gaza, suggesting that relocating a significant portion of the population could help “just clean out” the war-torn region.
“Something has to happen,” Trump said. “But it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there.” He added: “So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
Jordan appeared to reject Trump's suggestion, with its Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi telling reporters that the country's stance against any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza remains "firm and unwavering". Egypt has yet to comment but has said on numerous occasions that it rejects any displacement of Palestinians.
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“Something has to happen,” Trump said. “But it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there.” He added: “So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations, and build housing in a different location, where they can maybe live in peace for a change.”
Jordan appeared to reject Trump's suggestion, with its Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi telling reporters that the country's stance against any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza remains "firm and unwavering". Egypt has yet to comment but has said on numerous occasions that it rejects any displacement of Palestinians.
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00:00I said to him, I'd love you to take on more, because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip
00:05right now and it's a mess, it's a real mess.
00:08He'd like Jordan to house people from Gaza, to take people, I'd like Egypt to take people,
00:15I'm meeting with, I'm talking to General El-Sisi tomorrow, sometime I believe, and I'd like
00:23Egypt to take people, and I'd like Jordan to take people, I mean, you're talking about
00:29probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing, it's,
00:35you know, over the centuries, it's had many, many conflicts, that site, and I don't know,
00:41something has to happen, but it's literally a demolition site right now, almost everything's
00:48demolished.