Palestinians in Jordan refers mainly to those with Palestinian refugee status currently residing there. Sometimes the definition includes Jordanian citizens with full Palestinian origin. Most Palestinian ancestors came to Jordan as Palestinian refugees between 1947 and 1967. [3]

4 days ago · Jordan’s red line is grounded in a stark reality: For Palestinians, displacement is rarely temporary, and for Jordan, its implications have been deeply destabilizing. Since the 1948 war that led ...

3 days ago · So it was a nightmare for the Palestinians’ closest Arab neighbors, Egypt and Jordan, and a dream come true for Israel’s far-right-dominated government, when President Trump proposed moving ...

Feb 1, 2025 · He said Palestinians could be in Jordan and Egypt “temporarily, or could be long-term.” It was unclear from Mr. Trump’s comments whether he was suggesting that the entire population of Gaza ...

Oct 19, 2023 · In the 1967 Mideast war, when Israel seized the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 300,000 more Palestinians fled, mostly into Jordan. The refugees and their descendants now number nearly 6 million, most living in camps and communities in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

Jordan–Palestine relations are strong, historical, bilateral relations. Jordan annexed the West Bank on 24 April 1950, after the 1949 armistice agreements. In 1951, King Abdullah I was assassinated by a Palestinian from the al-Husayni family. After the annexation, all Palestinians in the West Bank became Jordanian citizens. [1] .

Mar 7, 2024 · Over 2 million Palestinian refugees currently live in Jordan in indefinite exile, tens of thousands without citizenship in any country. A woman sits in the market of the Jerash camp, one of 10 Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). Walid has diabetes and lives in Jordan. [1] .

Oct 6, 2024 · More than 600,000 Palestinians in Jordan still do not have citizenship, the majority of them having been registered arriving from the Gaza Strip after the Naksa.

Dec 20, 2023 · Jordan is home to the world’s largest Palestinian diaspora, communities forged by decades of war. Multiple generations are bound together by a narrative of exile and a longing for a homeland ...

Nov 21, 2023 · The closing of Jordan’s border to Palestinians—while on the surface appearing to be insensitive to Palestinian suffering—enjoys wide domestic and Arab support. It is viewed in the region as an attempt to block Israel’s desire to get rid of its Palestinian majority “problem,” and thus as a nationalistic move.