Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump met with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday.  Ahead of the meeting, Trump threatened to cut off U.S. aid to Jordan and to Egypt unless the two countries agree to take in the more than 2 million Palestinians Trump is seeking to permanently expel from Gaza. 

Both Egypt and Jordan have rejected Trump’s idea, which has drawn scorn and condemnation across the Arab world and from world leaders.

This week, more than 110 U.S. organizations said they are “deeply alarmed” by Trump’s recent statements.  The NGOs wrote in a joint public letter, “Palestine is not just an idea — it is a place.  It is a homeland to the Palestinian people.  To participate in, facilitate, or endorse their removal from it would violate every precept of international law, devastate the rules-based international order that protects us all, do irreversible harm to America’s global influence, and be an act of unconscionable immorality.”

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]