Fearing Expulsion of West Bank Palestinians, Jordan Dispatches Troops to Border

Published on November 22, 2023

Amman has stepped up its military presence along its border with the Israeli-occupied West Bank amid fears that the Jewish state may try to expel Palestinians into Jordan’s territory. “Any displacement [of Palestinians into Jordan] … will be viewed as a declaration of war [by Israel] and a material breach of the peace treaty,” Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh said on Nov. 21. Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994, becoming the second Arab country to do so after Egypt. Egypt, which shares a 7.5-mile border with the Gaza Strip, signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979. Both Arab countries have long been regarded as key U.S. allies in the Middle East....

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