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Podcast: Middle East Dossier
Episode: Jordan’s Balancing Act - Seeking Stability Amid Regional Turmoil
Description: In February, King Abdullah II of Jordan rebuffed US President Donald Trump’s proposal for his country to absorb Palestinians living in Gaza — part of the now infamous “Riviera” plan. When dealing with the Trump administration, the Jordanian king is certainly caught in a bind between rejecting Palestinian displacement and restoring the flow of foreign assistance from Washington. An aid-reliant economy notwithstanding, Amman has longstanding identity issues arising from citizens of Palestinian origins, tracing back to the aftermath of the 1948 war which saw Jordan’s population triple with the addition of Palestinian refugees and inhabitants of the West Bank.
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