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The president has presented this big new bold idea to secure peace in the Middle East, and he is not going to waiver from that, and we look forward to seeing that goal of this administration, achieved as well,
The king would much prefer that the Palestinians stay in place with the additional land to be used for new development, which would greatly create jobs at levels never seen before,
No, I’ll think we’ll do something, I don’t think we’ll threaten with money
he said, mangling his syntax, as is his wont I don’t think it was a success on a regional and domestic level,
They are caught between a rock and a hard place … they will have to come up with an alternative plan that has to involve dollars for Trump to buy into it, and one that he can spin as a win,
You could see the discomfort on the king’s body language and his face … they were completely talking past each other,
said Khaled Elgindy, visiting scholar at the Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies I believe we will have a parcel of land in Jordan, a parcel of land in Egypt, we may have some place else but I think when we finish our talks we’ll have a place where they’ll live very happily,
Trump said, before brushing aside questions about what authority the US might wield to take control of the Palestinian enclave It took disastrous statements by Trump and the possible collapse of the ceasefire for them to finally spur into action … that should have happened months ago,
If the visit was aimed at helping sway Trump to abandon his plan, King Abdullah was unsuccessful because Trump doubled down. And it did not put the Jordanian king in the best light with his own population, he did not come across in the public presser as strongly pushing back against a plan which the majority of his population opposes,
This is the unified Arab position,
the king of Jordan -- home to over two million Palestinians -- wrote on social media Egypt lacks economic leverage, but the Gulf's support strengthens its decision-making power on the international stage and in front of Trump,
Michael Hanna, director of the US programme at the International Crisis Group, told AFP Arab states cannot be seen as siding with the United States and Israel and supporting a policy of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza,
said Anna Jacobs of the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington We Arabs are not about to capitulate in any way now,
he said at the World Governments Summit in Dubai Any discussion beyond these two points is off the table,
These governments are most certainly scrambling to respond to a president who outlined a pretty clear vision and a determination to make it happen,
Goldberg told Fox News Digital The two leaders reaffirmed their shared position in rejecting the displacement of Palestinians, and their keenness on maintaining coordination to ensure the Palestinians gain their full legitimate rights,
Jordan's Royal Hashemite Court announced We have to keep in mind that there is a plan from Egypt and the Arab countries."
When pressed by the reporters to comment on the plan to force the Palestinians to relocate to Jordan, King Abdullah said In this context, Egypt affirms its intention to present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, in a manner that ensures the Palestinian people stay on their land, and in line with the legitimate and legal rights of this people,
it added, without giving any details With the United States being in control of that piece of land... you can have stability in the Middle East for the first time,
We worry that Jordan and Egypt are going to bend from Trump's threats,
