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The war in Gaza has entered its third month. In neighboring Jordan, the suffering in Gaza has led to a rise in an expression of support for Hamas. Many people in Jordan are Palestinians whose ancestors fled or were driven from what is now Israel. Hamas, which has been designated as a terrorist organization by the US, doesn’t have an official representation in Jordan. But some
Palestinian refugees from Gaza live in a state of limbo in Jordan. Despite having lived in the country for decades and even being born there Jordan hasn’t granted them citizenship. The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports from Amman, Jordan.