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In a new soon-to-be-published book, the authors allege that former U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to Abdullah II, King of Jordan, that the Hashemite kingdom take over control of the West Bank. According to the authors, the meeting took place in January of 2018 when the two leaders met in Washington, D.C.
Despite the fact that Israel controls portions of the West Bank and is unlikely to cede the areas populated with Israelis, the discussion centered around the fact that most of Jordan's citizens are Palestinian, in fact, many argue that Jordan, once a part of the British Mandate for Palestine, is the rightful home to the Arab population that identifies as Palestinian.
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