(The Age, 27/1/2025)
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Washington: US President Donald Trump wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take in far more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip – potentially moving out enough of the population to “just clean out” the war-torn area to create a virtual clean slate.
During a 20-minute question-and-answer session with reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday [Sunday AEDT], Trump said he discussed his vision on a call earlier in the day with King Abdullah of Jordan and would speak to President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt on Sunday.
“I’d like him to take people. I’d like Egypt to take people,” said Trump. “You’re talking about, probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, ‘You know, it’s over.’ ”
Speaking about the effects of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, Trump said he complimented Jordan for having successfully accepted Palestinian refugees and that he told the king, “I’d love for you to take on more, ’cause I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now, and it’s a mess. It’s a real mess.”
He said of such a mass movement of Palestinians, “it could be temporary or long term”, adding that the area of the world that encompasses Gaza, “over centuries” has “had many, many conflicts”.
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