I think the president has made it clear that he expects these nations in the region to step up and to accept Palestinian refugees who are temporarily relocated for the rebuilding of

Trump’s call for Egypt and Jordan to open their doors to the Palestinians was met with pro-forma rejection. But he has reason to anticipate that a deal can be reached after sixteen months of the Arab regimes backing Israel’s genocidal assault and ever-deepening collusion with the Netanyahu government in policing the Palestinians and suppressing domestic opposition.

During his press conference, Trump suggested that Saudi Arabia was not demanding a Palestinian homeland. But statements from Saudi officials since then contradict this narrative and point to increasingly divergent views on Gaza – and indeed, the future of Palestine – between Riyadh and Washington.