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.

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.

About 300,000 Palestinians fled to Jordan. In 1970, a conflict broke out between the Jordanian Armed Forces led by King Hussein and the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Yasser Arafat. This conflict was known as Black September.

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.

4 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 ...

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.

3 days ago · So it was a nightmare for the Palestinians’ closest Arab neighbors, Egypt and Jordan — and a dream for Israel’s far-right-dominated government — when President Trump proposed moving ...

Dec 20, 2023 · Jordan is home to the world’s largest Palestinian diaspora, communities forged by decades of war. Multiple generations are bound together by a narrative of exile and a longing for a...

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.

Nov 21, 2023 · The closing of Jordan’s border to Palestinians—while on the surface appearing to be insensitive to Palestinian suffering—enjoys wide domestic and Arab support. It is viewed in the region as an attempt to block Israel’s desire to get rid of its Palestinian majority “problem,” and thus as a nationalistic move.