Trump Asks Jordan, Egypt to Take in Palestinians to "Clean Out" Gaza | Firstpost America | N18G US President Donald Trump has suggested a contentious solution to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip. Trump said moving more than one million Palestinians out of Gaza might be the best solution to end all disputes in the region.
Trump said he discussed his vision on a call earlier in the day with King Abdullah II of Jordan and would speak Sunday with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt.
Egypt and Jordan have rejected the president's proposal to remove Palestinian refugees from Gaza and send them to neighboring countries.
President Donald Trump's push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza has fallen flat with the Amman government and perplexed a congressional ally.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a call with Jordan's King Abdullah on Monday, the State Department said, with the call coming two days after a suggestion by President Donald Trump that Jordan and Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion to relocate Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza to Jordan and Egypt "unacceptable."
During an extended question-and-answer on Air Force One, President Trump floated the idea of moving Palestinians to create a clean slate.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a facility that produces nuclear material and called for bolstering the country’s nuclear capability, state media reported Wednesday, as it ramps up pressure on the U.
The announcement came as the United States pressures Israel and Hamas to continue a ceasefire that has paused a devastating 15-month war in Gaza.
The prize board he sued wants the civil case paused while Trump is in office, citing an argument he has made to halt other litigation.
Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.