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Opinion: Opposing Trump's Nakba plan for Gaza is the only way for Jordan and Egypt to survive

20 February 2025 12:44 GMT

Within 24 hours of US President Donald Trump meeting Jordan’s King Abdullah II, the White House released a recorded video of Trump praising the king after a humiliating exchange in front of the media. 

During their meeting, Trump pushed the king to accept his plan to displace Palestinians from Gaza into Jordan, leaving Abdullah struggling to find an appropriate response.

In the lead-up to the meeting, Trump threatened to cut aid to Jordan and Egypt should they reject his plan. Egypt has since repeated its refusal and stressed the importance of ending the war and rebuilding Gaza without displacement, while President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reportedly postponed a visit to the White House to avoid discussing Trump’s proposal.

King Abdullah, on the other hand, seemed to signal his openness to the idea by asserting that he would do what’s best for his country - an apparent deviation from the long-standing official Jordanian position of rejecting the displacement of Palestinians from their homeland. 

Read more. Opposing Trump's Nakba plan for Gaza is the only way for Jordan and Egypt to survive Opinion by Raja Abdulhaq

Demonstrators gather outside the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip to protest the Trump expulsion plan on 31 January 2025 (Kerolos Salah/AFP)
Demonstrators gather outside the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip to protest the Trump expulsion plan on 31 January 2025 (Kerolos Salah/AFP)