Today, most Palestinians and their descendants in Jordan are naturalized, making Jordan the only Arab country to fully integrate the Palestinian refugees of 1948, as the West Bank was annexed and held by Jordan between 1948 and 1967.

1 day ago · AMMAN, Jordan — President Donald Trump’s proposal to remove all Palestinians from Gaza and send them to nearby countries has stoked widespread anger in this small Arab monarchy, a longtime U.S ...

Oct 19, 2023 · As desperate Palestinians in sealed-off Gaza try to find refuge under Israel’s relentless bombardment in retaliation for Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, neighboring Egypt and Jordan have replied with staunch refusal, and they have multiple reasons for rejecting the idea.

19 hours ago · Arab nations have sharply criticized the Trump proposal, and Trump is set to host Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday.In addition to concerns about jeopardizing the long-held goals of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, Egypt and Jordan have privately raised security concerns about welcoming large numbers of additional refugees into their countries ...

6 days ago · Demonstrators gather near the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza to protest against a plan floated by U.S. President Donald Trump to move Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and...

Feb 1, 2025 · Egypt and Jordan also fear the impact any such influx of refugees would have on their struggling economies as well as the stability of their governments. Jordan already is home to more than 2 million Palestinians. Egypt has warned of security implications of transferring large numbers of Palestinians to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, bordering Gaza.

6 days ago · Versions of Trump's proposal to export Palestinians to Jordan date back at least as far as the so-called Allon Plan, named after the Israeli politician Yigal Allon. In the wake of the 1967 war ...

Palestinians are overwhelmingly concentrated in northern and central Jordan, inclusive of Amman, Zar•qa, Ir•bid, Jerash and Bal•qa and almost all Palestinians are Islamic, with a minority Christian and mini-minority Judaic.

Mar 7, 2024 · Israel’s war on Gaza that erupted in 2023 continues a long history of systemic displacement of Palestinians. Over 2 million Palestinian refugees currently live in Jordan in indefinite exile, tens of thousands without citizenship in any country.

Palestinian refugees who came to Jordan from the Gaza Strip, many of whom had previously been forcibly displaced from their homes in what became Israel, were never given Jordanian citizenship and have consequently remained stateless.