Egypt and Jordan will reject U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to resettle large numbers of Palestinians from Gaza to their territories due to concerns about potential domestic unrest, but they will likely permit smaller, gradual resettlements via illegal smuggling routes to appease Trump and maintain U.S. aid. In recent days, Trump has proposed resettling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to nearby countries, sparking international outrage, particularly from the Arab world. During a Jan. 25 call with Jordan's King Abdullah II, Trump said he had discussed building housing -- either temporary or long-term -- to facilitate moving roughly 1 million Palestinians from Gaza to Jordan, as part of an effort to ''clean out'' the war-torn Strip. That same day, while talking with journalists on Air Force One, Trump similarly floated the idea of having Egypt accept more Palestinians from Gaza, which he later claimed to have discussed with the country's president...
