Author: Vivian Yee
Published on: 05/02/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Trump Proposal Puts Egypt and Jordan in an Impossible Position The countries are among the top recipients of American military aid. Forcing Palestinians out of their remaining territory, Arabs say, would doom that shared desire for Palestinian statehood and destabilize the entire region in the process. To the two Arab governments, it is not a matter of real estate or refugee camps, but of compromising their own long-held principles. Egypt and Jordan are among the top recipients of American military aid worldwide. Mr. Trump has mentioned the funding in recent weeks, though without publicly threatening to pull it over the Gaza issue. Analysts say the financial incentives of keeping that aid are minor compared to the two governments’ fears of alienating their populations by appearing complicit in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. Far-right Israelis have long talked of Jordan as the place where Palestinians should make their home instead of their current territories. Many, if not all, would likely be forced to go next door to Jordan, destabilizing a country already unsettled by tensions between citizens who are of Palestinian descent and those who are not. U.S.A.I.D.: Nearly the entire global work force of the main American aid agency will be put on leave, according to an official memo posted online.
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