Earlier this month, the president said he favored taking control of Gaza and displacing the Palestinian population of the devastated seaside enclave. But Egypt and Jordan flatly rejected cooperating.

For decades, American officials described the rulers of Egypt and Jordan as linchpins of regional stability. They made peace with Israel (in 1979 and 1994, respectively). They mostly avoided wars, coups and revolutions.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that he does not “impose” his plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, expressing surprise at the rejection of the proposal by Jordan and Egypt. “‘ll tell you the way to do,