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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Justin Salhani

As Jordan’s King Abdullah meets Trump, can he resist US pressure on Gaza?

Jordan's King Abdullah has insisted that his country will resist any plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza [Alex Brandon/AP Photo]

Jordan’s King Abdullah II is set to meet with United States President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, amid the latter’s repeated insistence that the monarch accept Palestinians he would like to expel from Gaza so the US can take control of the enclave.

The idea came up in Trump’s comments – made alongside a smiling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week – that Palestinians should be “removed” from the devastated Gaza Strip. Trump has emphasised that, to his mind, the Palestinians would not return, making his ideas ethnic cleansing.

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