Article 6V3RD ‘Worst nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan

‘Worst nightmare’: Egypt and Jordan put in impossible bind by Trump Gaza plan

by
Jason Burke International security correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#6V3RD)

Though heavily dependent on US aid, Amman and Cairo face political calamity at home should they comply

International outrage in recent days has focused on Donald Trump's proposal that the US take ownership" of Gaza, and that more than two million Palestinians be displaced to allow the territory to be transformed from a demolition site" into a riviera" in the Middle East.

In Jordan and Egypt, the demand that both countries accept huge numbers of Palestinians from Gaza - potentially on a permanent basis - has prompted equal concern. Leaders of both countries immediately rejected the proposal, and the Jordanian king, Abdullah II, and Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the Egyptian president, are heading for Washington in an attempt to convince Trump to change course.

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