Just two weeks after President Donald Trump announced the United States will take over the Gaza Strip and relocate two million Palestinians to neighboring Arab countries, drawing pushback from Jordan and Egypt, the United Arab Emirates is seriously considering his plan -- especially given there are no viable alternatives.
"At the end of the day we're all in the solution seeking business, we just don't know where it's going to land yet," UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba said Wednesday at the World Goverments Summit. "I don't see an alternative to what's being proposed. I really don't."
The United Arab Emirates are part of the historic Abraham Accords, a major Middle East peace agreement signed at the White House in September 2020.
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UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef Al Otaiba supports Trump’s plan to relocate Gaza’s population, calling it “difficult but inevitable” despite international backlash.
“I don’t see an alternative to what’s being proposed,” he stated. pic.twitter.com/wWqTugoMym
On Tuesday King Abdullah of Jordan visited President Trump at the White House, where they discussed the Kingdom taking in Palestinians from Gaza.
"If Egypt and Jordan refuse to accept Palestinians, I may stop aid to them," Trump said ahead of the visit.
President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for the US to take ownership of Gaza, as Jordan’s King Abdullah II agreed to accept 2,000 ill children from Gaza https://t.co/FxXrNRzta7 pic.twitter.com/Bqi4r2h3fU
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Jordan's King Abdullah II announces the Kingdom will accept 2,000 very ill and cancer-stricken children from Gaza "as quickly as possible."@POTUS: "That's really a beautiful gesture." pic.twitter.com/kT1W6tVNd1
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President Sisi of Egypt is expected at the White House in the coming weeks for similar talks.