Egypt and Jordan rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to relocate Gazans as they fear the presence of Palestinian terrorist groups, Trump’s former Chief of Staff Fred Fleitz says.
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00:00Are you surprised by the reaction of other countries to this idea, or do you think that
00:05was to be entirely expected?
00:07Look, I could have told you how Egypt and Jordan would respond to this, and I know why
00:12they responded to this.
00:13You and I know that Palestinian terrorists assassinated the Jordanian king's grandfather,
00:21and Jordan remembers that.
00:22Both nations have security concerns about Palestinian terrorists and terrorist groups,
00:28not just Hamas, but also Islamic Jihad.
00:31I understand why Egypt does not want these people in their country.
00:35This is a difficult pill to swallow, and I think that this response was understandable.