US President Donald Trump will meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah, where he is likely to discuss his proposed Gaza plan. According to the UN refugee agency, Jordan already hosts about 2.4 million Palestinians. The UN says Jordan is the world’s largest refugee-hosting country. Jordan is also home to many Iraqi and Syrian refugees who arrived there in 2000 and 2010. King Abdullah has already said that his country is on the brink of crisis. A food bank in the Jordanian capital said that it distributes thousands of food packets a day. King Abdullah has made it clear that Jordan will never agree to the plan, after which Trump has threatened that he may consider stopping aid to Jordan.
It should be noted that Jordan receives at least $1.45 billion in military and economic aid from the United States every year. Along with Israel and Egypt, Jordan is the largest recipient of US aid in the Middle East. But since Jordan’s economy is relatively small, this aid plays a huge role in the country’s economy, accounting for about one percent of GDP. Trump has already suspended aid to Jordan as part of a review of US global funding. The consequences of the loss of US aid could be severe in a country like Jordan, where a quarter of the population lives in poverty and almost half of young people are unemployed. Political observers say that the consequences of Trump’s bowing to pressure could be even more serious.
US President Donald Trump has announced that he will withhold financial aid to Egypt and Jordan if they refuse to accept Palestinians from Gaza. Jordan has rejected this idea, calling it a violation of international law. Jordan has made it clear that it considers Trump’s idea a threat to Jordan’s existence. Jordan is already home to millions of Palestinian refugees who were forcibly expelled from their homeland after the establishment of Israel in 1948. In addition, the country has also sheltered Syrian refugees.
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