3 days ago · DORAL, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s push to have Egypt and Jordan take in large numbers of Palestinian refugees from besieged Gaza fell flat with those countries’ governments and left a key congressional ally in Washington perplexed on Sunday.. Fighting that broke out in the territory after ruling Hamas attacked Israel in October 2023 is paused due to a fragile ceasefire, but ...

5 days ago · Trump said he would like both Jordan and Egypt — which borders the battered enclave — to house people, and that he would speak to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi about the matter Sunday.

4 days ago · President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s. Mr. Trump’s suggestion echoes proposals from far-right Israelis. A Hamas official rejected the idea.

3 days ago · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is likely to be met with a hard “no” from the two U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves who fear Israel would never allow them to return.. Trump floated the idea on Saturday, saying he would urge the leaders of the two Arab countries to ...

2 days ago · Egypt and Jordan already host a sizeable number of refugees. Cars drive along a street in the Palestinian refugee camp of Baqa'a near Amman, Jordan in May 2024. Khalil Mazraawi/AFP/Getty Images

3 days ago · Trump suggested Egypt and Jordan could be among the countries to accept more refugees. Referring to an earlier conversation with Jordan’s King Abdullah, Trump said he had told the monarch, “I ...

4 days ago · ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said he would like to see Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations increase the number of Palestinian refugees they are accepting 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 Saturday with reporters ...

4 days ago · Trump spoke to Jordan's king on Saturday Will speak to Egypt's leader on Sunday Trump calls Gaza a 'demolition site' ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/Cairo Jan 26 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said ...

3 days ago · Ethnic cleansing feared as Trump asks Jordan, Egypt to take Gaza residents. Trump says relocation may be temporary or long-term as he also announces lifting of hold on 2,000-pound bombs for Israel.

4 days ago · President Trump said he had spoken to Jordan’s leader and planned to call Egypt’s on Sunday. Most of Gaza’s two million residents have been displaced in 15 months of fighting.