A young displaced person carrying boxes of humanitarian aid in Nousseirat, central Gaza Strip, Jan. 26, 2025. (Credit: Eyad Baba/AFP)
Less than a week after the Gaza cease-fire came into force, for which U.S. President Donald Trump took full credit, he made astonishing remarks on Saturday, raising fears of the worst for the enclave’s inhabitants. After a meeting in Las Vegas, Trump said, in the presence of journalists during a flight on Air Force One, that he had suggested moving Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt or Jordan, and called for a “clean out” there.Trump suggested this plan to King Abdullah II of Jordan in a telephone call on Saturday. He added that he would hold talks on the topic the following day with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Read more The fragile hope of return to Gaza for those exiled by war “Almost everything’s demolished [in Gaza], and people are dying there. So, I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations,...
Less than a week after the Gaza cease-fire came into force, for which U.S. President Donald Trump took full credit, he made astonishing remarks on Saturday, raising fears of the worst for the enclave’s inhabitants. After a meeting in Las Vegas, Trump said, in the presence of journalists during a flight on Air Force One, that he had suggested moving Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt or Jordan, and called for a “clean out” there.Trump suggested this plan to King Abdullah II of Jordan in a telephone call on Saturday. He added that he would hold talks on the topic the following day with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Read more The fragile hope of return to Gaza for those exiled by war “Almost everything’s demolished [in Gaza], and people are dying there. So, I’d rather get involved with some of the...