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US President Donald Trump greets King Abdullah II of Jordan
The king of Jordan Abdullah II performed on Tuesday in Washington with a specific humanitarian strategy. It is said to be willing to receive 2,000 sick children from Gaza. However, he opposed Donald Trump’s plan for the enclave.
Abdullah II He was ready to receive 2,000 seriously sick children from Gaza.
“It’s a beautiful gesture,” approved Trumpsitting next to his guest in the White House oval room.
But Trump goes further than that. Want that A; while empties the territory to turn it into a vast real estate development zone under the control of the United States.
This idea of Trump triggered a wave of international indignation.
Trump even mentioned if he did not welcome the displaced Palestinians. But before the king adopted a more conciliatory tone, stating that it was not necessary to “threaten” the country: “I think we have already surpassed this phase.”
Ceasefire in Gaza is fragile
The meeting took place at a time when the ceasefire in Gaza is weakened, after Trump required the Palestinian Islamite movement Hamas to release Israeli hostages, the latest at noon on Saturday, otherwise it is triggered there “A true hell” if you don’t do it.
“I don’t think they’ll meet the deadline,” Trump said about Hamas.
After more than 15 months of war in Gaza, a ceasefire agreement negotiated by international mediators -Qatar, United States and Egypt -which provides for the end of hostilities, the release of hostages in Exchange of Palestinian prisoners and increased humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Egypt has a plan for Gaza
At the end of this week, it will be the turn of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit the White House, after successive appeals for Gaza to be rebuilt “without moving the Palestinians.”
Already this Wednesday, Egypt announced that it has a plan on the future of Gaza that guarantees the reconstruction of the enclave without the displacement of the population contrary to Trump’s requirement to expel the inhabitants.
“Egypt states the intention to present a comprehensive view for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, in a way that guarantees the survival of the Palestinians in the land to which they belong and in tuning with legitimate and legal rights Of these people, ”said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement quoted by the Spanish news agency Efe.
The Gaza Strip is inhabited by about two million people.
Palestinian travel is “unacceptable”
For the states of the region, Trump’s solution means the end of the Palestinian cause and can disturb security and peace in the Middle East.
A ethnic cleaningunderstood as the forced expulsion of an ethnic group of a territory, it is a crime against humanity And it can be considered a genocide crime, according to the United Nations.
The Arab League, made up of 22 states, categorically rejected Trump’s plan, insisting on the need to implement the “two states” solution, which stipulates the creation of a Palestinian state alongside the Israeli state in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
The Secretary-General of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheitconsidered “unacceptable to the Arab world ”to displace Palestinian from its territory to other countries.
“Egypt stresses that any vision to resolve the Palestinian cause should avoid endangering the achievements of peace and should address the roots and reasons for the conflict, ending the Israelite occupation of Palestinian territories and implementing the solution ‘two states’ as the The only way to stability and coexistence among the peoples of the region, ”says Egyptian diplomacy.
The Government of Cairo, which seeks a unified Arab position in relation to Donald Trump’s plan, summoned an extraordinary summit from Arab League members to February 27 and on Tuesday he announced that he will host a ministerial meeting of 57 countries of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (OCI) with the same objective.
Jordan in a sensitive position
This issue of the welcome of Palestinians is particularly important for Jordan: half of its 11 million inhabitants are of Palestinian origin and, since the creation of the State of Israel, in 1948, many Palestinians sought refuge in this neighboring country.
In 1970, a conflict – designated as “Black September” – Between the Jordan Army and Palestinian groups led by the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), which culminated in the expulsion of these groups from the Haxemite kingdom.
In addition, Jordan is well aware of the economic pressure that Donald Trump could exert on the country.
Every year, Amman receives about $ 750 million (725 million euros) of Washington economic aid and another $ 350 million (338 million euros) of military aid.
