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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
World
Michael Howie

Donald Trump's proposal to resettle Palestinians in Gaza and 'clean out that whole thing' is rejected by Egypt and Jordan

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip has been met with a hard “no” from the two US allies.

Trump floated the idea at the weekend, saying he would urge the leaders of the two Arab countries to take in Gaza’s now largely homeless population, so that “we just clean out that whole thing.” He added that resettling most of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million could be temporary or long term.

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