What he said was that Egypt and Jordan have closed their borders. He has a point with respect to Egypt. It was at best non sequitur with respect to Jordan.
They cannot go anywhere because they’ve made themselves unwelcome in every non-terroristic Arab nation. He was making the point that that is one reason why they differ from the population of Mosul.
I think people downplay how much the surrounding Arab countries want a Palestinian state because they don’t want to take in Palestinians. A) they’re worried they’re all indoctrinated and could be Hamas insurgents in waiting and B) they do want to normalize relations with Israel cause $$$.
Geopolitics doesn’t have morality, just objectives. Theres a reason the Saudis and Jordan helped shoot down Iranian missiles. There’s a reason Egypt has been pushing Hamas hard on a ceasefire with Israel.
He said they can’t go to Jordan.
No matter how far or near it is, it will never, ever take Palestinians.
What he said was that Egypt and Jordan have closed their borders. He has a point with respect to Egypt. It was at best non sequitur with respect to Jordan.
Transcript at 6:53.
Jordan isn’t a non sequitor, it’s the other border county that will not, ever, take Palestinians.
Of course Israel wants them gone. Why would it want them there?
Jordan is irrelevant to Gaza due to the distance between them, separated by more than 290 miles of pre-6-Days-War Israeli territory.
You’re strangely fixated on that. Good luck with that.
Correct. He didn’t suggest they go to Jordan.
They cannot go anywhere because they’ve made themselves unwelcome in every non-terroristic Arab nation. He was making the point that that is one reason why they differ from the population of Mosul.
Arab countries don't want to touch the Palestinian issue with a ten foot pole.
I think people downplay how much the surrounding Arab countries want a Palestinian state because they don’t want to take in Palestinians. A) they’re worried they’re all indoctrinated and could be Hamas insurgents in waiting and B) they do want to normalize relations with Israel cause $$$.
Geopolitics doesn’t have morality, just objectives. Theres a reason the Saudis and Jordan helped shoot down Iranian missiles. There’s a reason Egypt has been pushing Hamas hard on a ceasefire with Israel.
This is an excellent podcast on the most recent hostage deal backstory. It echoes some of what Tim mentioned.
https://pca.st/episode/f30c7354-2038-4e70-b988-c2bc37697761
Exactly. Jordan also remembers them trying to assassinate Hussein, and Egypt remembers who killed Sadat.