contradictory reactions
Finally, this was a man who was expected to express - diplomatically - clearly express the almost universal resistance of the Arab world against the plan. Instead, despite his obvious discomfort, he seemed to nod and praised Trump as a man of peace who could "bring" the Middle East. When asked whether he agreed to Trump's proposal to move the Palestinians, the king stood out and revealed that "Egypt and the Arab countries" had an alternative plan that should be presented in due course, and advised: "Don't let us start too early."
"You could see the discomfort in the body language and the face of the king ... they talked completely past each other," said Khaled Elgindy, guest lecturer at Georgetown University Center for Contemporary Arab Studies.
Egypt's answer and social media
Up to this point Egypt had publicly said nothing about a counter -plan. Afterwards there was a vague explanation in which the "intention explained to present a comprehensive vision for the reconstruction of Gazas". In the meantime, Arabic social media broke out of the king, which was widely convicted that he seemed to arise. In order to conduct damage limitation, the king released on X that he had ridden "the unshakable position of Jordan against the expulsion of the Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank".
King Abdullah's strategic miscalculation
"This is the uniform Arabic position. The reconstruction of Gazas without driving out the Palestinians and tackling the serious humanitarian problems should be a priority," he wrote. But in the eyes of many Arabs, the damage was already done. While Abdullah Trump may have impressed with his offer to accept 2,000 of the sick children Gazas, it is clear that his visit contributed little to dissuade the president from his goal of taking over Gaza. In fact, the weakness of Trump's weakness could only have reinforced.
The precarious situation of the Arab allies
"We will have it (Gaza), we will keep it, and we will make sure that there is peace and that there will be no problems and that nobody questions it, and we will do it very well," said Trump. Randa Slim, a fellow at Johns Hopkins University Foreign Policy Institute, said that the king had made a "bad bet" in Washington. "If the visit aimed at stopping Trump from giving up his plan, King Abdullah was unsuccessful, because Trump went one step further. And it did not put the Jordanian king in the best light in his own population, since he did not clearly appear against a plan in the press conference that the majority of his population rejected," she said.
necessary measures of the Arab states
The exchange between Trump and the king reveals the precarious situation in which the Arab allies of America could be in the next four years, especially those like Jordan who have relatively little natural resources to convince the self -proclaimed master of the deal. While Arab states hastily worked out a counter-proposal to Trump's Gaza plan, they also try to save the current ceasefire agreement after Hamas announced that the liberation of hostages planned for Saturday due to alleged Israeli violations of the contract in recent weeks.
If there is a silver stripe on the horizon in the "Madness from Trump", said Elgindy, this could encourage Arab states to think about their own, more credible alternatives - even if these measures are long overdue. "Catastrophic statements from Trump and the possible collapse of the ceasefire needed to finally get them to act ... that should have happened months ago," he said.
The upcoming plan of Egypt
The plan indicated by the king, which is to be presented by Egypt after talks with a closest Arab allies, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, could contain a vision in which Arabic countries help to eliminate the rubble and to rebuild the Gaza for several years without leaving the country, in line with the two-state solution. However, the details of the Arabic plan still have to be announced, and there is a risk that every delay Trump will only encourage. Egypt has announced that an Arab emergency summit will take place at the end of the month.
The hopes of the Arab leaders
For some Arab leaders there is hope that Trump will eventually come to the conclusion that his plan is "not practical" and "not implementable", according to Slim, and that there will be so many obstacles in implementation that he will give it up. Even then, it would be up to the Arab allies of finding a solution for a decades of problem, and the king's visit to Washington has hardly inspired.
"You are trapped between hammer and anvil ... You have to develop an alternative plan that demands dollars so that Trump responds to it, and one that he can represent as a profit," added Slim. "Come on," said Elgindy. "Does nobody have a plan?"
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