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When it comes to security, Saudi Arabia has nowhere to go but to Washington,
Dorsey said
I don't think that the Saudis will take any major steps now,
said KriegIf this is going to be his policy, he shut the door on Saudi recognition of Israel,
James Dorsey, researcher at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore, told AFPThey are not a US vassal state and so they're not just taking a diktat from Trump,
said Andreas Krieg of King's College LondonMr Trump: Jordan has sovereignty and is not a commodity,
Murad Adailah, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, told protesters
(He ... He) has to be very careful not to get on Trump's bad side
said Joost Hiltermann of the Crisis Group think-tank
This is existential. There is very strong public opposition, and it's not something Jordan can entertain. This is not an economic or a security issue for Jordan, it's an identity issue,
said Marwan Muasher, a former Jordanian foreign minister who helped negotiate Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with IsraelWe hope we won't see thousands of Palestinians streaming across the border trying to enter the Kingdom but we are prepared,
one of the Jordanian officials saidWe do a lot for them, and they're gonna do it".
Trump has also alluded to the significant U.S. support both Egypt and Jordan receive, saying last weekJordan will always be ready to do whatever it needs to protect its national security."
Asked for comment on the contingency plans, the senior government official saidThis is the biggest test in ties with our strategic ally,
the official saidI have a feeling that ... (they) will open their hearts and will give us the kind of land that we need to get this done and people can live in harmony and in peace,
Trump saidI don't think they can do much to change his mind, but frankly the whole idea is unimplementable,
he said,The foreign ministry affirms that Saudi Arabia’s position on the establishment of a Palestinian state is firm and unwavering,
the ministry said in a statement
My vision for that day is of a demilitarized and deradicalized Gaza. Israel does not seek to resettle Gaza.”
In July the Israeli prime minister said
In Your Guts You Know He’s Nuts.”
Back in 1964, President Lyndon Johnson’s campaign mocked Republican presidential contender Barry Goldwater with the slogan
Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.”
Back in 2018, Trump said on what was then known as TwitterThe key question is whether Saudi Arabia will condition its deal with the US and normalisation with Israel to abandoning this plan, not just saying they support Palestinians’ right to self-determination,
Menachem Klein, professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, told Al Jazeera
We know there is a lot of trauma with the Palestinian side when it comes to displacement. However, again, it’s too early to talk about this, because we don’t know how this war will end,
Majed al-Ansari said
I think you’ll see in the coming weeks – when Trump starts climbing down the tree, when things sober up – he’ll tell the Saudis ‘you need to come forward and stop making conditions about the Palestinian state’,
added Bishara