Palestinians in Jordan refers mainly to those with Palestinian refugee status currently residing there. Sometimes the definition includes Jordanian citizens with full Palestinian origin. Most Palestinian ancestors came to Jordan as Palestinian refugees between 1947 and 1967. [3]

10 hours ago · After Trump meeting, Jordan's king confirms opposition to moving Palestinians out of Gaza Earlier in the day, Abdullah told Trump he could take in 2,000 Palestinian children from Gaza who are very ...

11 hours ago · Jordan, Arab nations oppose Palestinian displacement, Abdullah says after Trump meeting by Brett Samuels - 02/11/25 3:53 PM ET. by Brett Samuels - 02/11/25 3:53 PM ET.

2 days 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 ...

10 hours ago · About 750,000 Palestinians were expelled — some of whom fled to Jordan — during what Arabs refer to as the 1948 Nakba, or “catastrophe,” when Israel was created.

Oct 19, 2023 · In the 1967 Mideast war, when Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 300,000 more Palestinians fled, mostly into Jordan. The refugees and their descendants now number nearly 6 million, most living in camps and communities in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

Feb 4, 2025 · On a Jan. 25 call, Trump pressured Jordanian King Abdullah II to take in many more Palestinian refugees in what would amount to a de facto ethnic cleansing of Gaza. For Jordan, this is not a...

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.

Jordan–Palestine relations are strong, historical, bilateral relations. Jordan annexed the West Bank on 24 April 1950, after the 1949 armistice agreements. In 1951, King Abdullah I was assassinated by a Palestinian from the al-Husayni family. After the annexation, all Palestinians in the West Bank became Jordanian citizens. [1] .

Mar 7, 2024 · Over 2 million Palestinian refugees currently live in Jordan in indefinite exile, tens of thousands without citizenship in any country. A woman sits in the market of the Jerash camp, one of 10 Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Walid has diabetes and lives in Jordan. [1] .