Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he would take in 2,000 Palestinian children from Gaza who are very sick or suffering from cancer, signaling new openness to a plan by President Donald Trump to drive a deal that would resettle the residents of the war-torn strip.

President Donald Trump, while hosting King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House on Tuesday, continued to press a plan to take over Gaza and push its Palestinian residents elsewhere. “We’re going to take it,

Like most of President Donald Trump’s meetings these days, Tuesday’s talks with Jordan’s King Abdullah II will revolve around making a deal — at least in the president’s mind.