King Abdullah II of Jordan pledged to take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday amid pressure by President Trump for his country to take in Palestinians from the enclave.

Its neighbors are Jordan and Israel—and of those, the Muslim, Arab, Arabic-speaking, and half-Palestinian Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is the logical candidate.

President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was met with a hard “no" Sunday from the two U.S. allies along with the ...