Amman rejected on Sunday a suggestion by US President Donald Trump that Jordan and Egypt take more Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza.
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told reporters that the country's stance against any displacement of Palestinians from Gaza remains "firm and unwavering.”
Trump, who took office on Jan. 20, said on Saturday after a call with Jordan's King Abdullah: "I said to him I'd love you to take on more because I'm looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it's a mess, it's a real mess. I'd like him to take people.”
"I'd like Egypt to take people," Trump told reporters.
Such a drastic displacement of people would openly contradict Palestinian identity and deep connection to Gaza. Still, Trump said the part of the world that encompasses Gaza, has “had many, many conflicts” over centuries. He said resettling “could be temporary or long term.”
