RFK Jr. says Jordan’s king ‘cut us off’ on 2,000 Gaza children pledge
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary, said Jordan stopped cooperating on accepting 2,000 sick children from Gaza.
- Jordan pledged in February to take these children, mostly with cancer and life-threatening diseases, but has accepted only a small fraction due to political concerns.
- Kennedy leads efforts to move sick Gaza children to other hospitals, describing Jordan's slow response as maddening amid fears patients cannot return home after treatment.
- He told Politico, "They took 44, and then they've cut us off," urging King Abdullah II to prioritize the children's welfare over politics.
- The stalled pledges suggest continued humanitarian and diplomatic challenges in evacuating Gaza’s sick children despite administration commitment to the effort.
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RFK Jr. says Jordan’s king ‘cut us off’ on 2,000 Gaza children pledge
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a Politico Magazine article published Monday that the king of Jordan “cut us off” regarding a pledge to take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children. Two months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan pledged to take in 2,000 sick Palestinian children from Gaza, but Kennedy…
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