Donald Trump presses Egypt and Jordan to accept Gaza to “clean” the plan

Donald Trump has increased the pressure on Egypt, Palestinians from Gaza, and increases the prospect that the US President could use considerable help as a lever for his idea of ​​implementing people from the broken enclave.

In conversation with Reporters on Air Force One on Monday, the US President repeated his call – who triggered Palestinians and Arabs in the Middle East, for both Egypt as well as for Jordan who can record and help Gazan “Clean” the strip. He added that he spoke to Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

“I wish he would take something. We helped them a lot and I am sure he would help us, ”said Trump when he was asked how Sisi reacted. “He is a friend of mine. It is in a very rough part of the world to be honest. As you say, it’s a rough neighborhood. But I think he would do it and I think the King of Jordan would do it too. “

Egypt denied “what some media reported on the call between the two guides. Since Trump made the proposal over the weekend for the first time, Cairo and Amman have vehemently rejected and argued that it would undermine the long -term hopes of the Palestinians, theirs to establish their own state and the security of their own countries.

Analysts said Trump’s comments that only came to Foreign Minister Marco Rubio for a few days ordered an immediate hold In order to work on practically all US foreign assistance programs, the potential leverage effect Washington underlined both against Egypt and Jordan and the willingness of the US president.

“This is a classic Trump negotiation tactics that occurs with an extreme position. . . Get somewhere in the middle, ”said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa in the Chatham House. But she said Egypt.

On Tuesday, the front page of the State Al-Ahram Day newspaper in Egypt showed great security, as the Palestinians write their “Epic of Return”.

The Foreign Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, was similarly repellent and said on Sunday that “the solution to the Palestinian edition in Palestine was located”.

“Jordan is for Jordanians and Palestine for Palestinians,” he said.

Arabs have warned a few steps for more than a year ago to push Palestinians from Gaza, and said that it was comparable in 1948 when hundreds of thousands were forced from their houses or fled in the fights that accompanied the foundation of Israel. Palestinians refer to this time as a nakba or catastrophe.

Michael Wahid Hanna, director of the US program at the international crisis group, said, although it is not clear spare parts for US military material that has been bought in recent years.

The support that began in 1978 when Cairo took the first steps towards a peace agreement with Israel that was signed next year was “the backbone of the ties,” said Hanna. Over the years, it has banned more than $ 50 billion.

The military support in Egypt and Israel was excluded from the three -month support for international help announced by Rubio.

Hanna added that when Trump tried to force Egypt to take Palestinians driven out GazaIt would be a “big change in the relationship”.

“The United States has worked for a very long time on the assumption that it would be dangerous for Egypt and that it would be possible to avoid something,” he said. When the idea of ​​resuming the Palestinians floated at the beginning of the Gaza council, he added that Egypt had to threaten domestic stability because neither military establishment nor public opinion would agree.

“A massive influx of Palestinians would excite the fears before reviving the uprising (by an ISIS partner) in Sinai because Palestinian and Egyptian militant are mixed,” said Hanna.

Analysts said the United States could have a similar pressure against Jordan, where Washington is the largest provider of foreign aid, on which the fragile economy Jordans is heavily dependent.

According to the US message in Amman, the United States has provided $ 3 $ 31 billion since the establishment of relationships in 1949, and the two countries have recently signed a memorandum of Understanding, under which Washington until 2029 USD 1.45 billion would provide each year.

Diplomats said that the officials in Amman had hurried to understand Trump’s intentions and that the United States could also put pressure in addition to holding help by imposing tariffs. “In view of the fact that Jordan’s economy is currently, every step could have a greater influence than they might think,” said one.

A large influx of Palestinians would have a significant impact on the sensitive political and economic situation of Jordan: the 11-meter country has already been housed more than 2 million Palestinians, while its economy has been burdened by the costs for the support of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees.

The implementation of Trump’s idea “would really threaten the security dynamics in both countries and the political legitimacy of the leaders,” said Vakil.

“It will be very difficult (for you) in these topics and see a quick turnaround as we saw it in Colombia or Canada (if you put pressure on Trump). This is a completely different dynamic. “