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In this Dec. 7, 2017 file photo, a Palestinian defaces a painting on the separation barrier of U.S. President Donald Trump, with a warning that Vice President Mike Pence is not welcome, in Bethlehem, West Bank. Palestinian Christians say Pence's brand of evangelical Christianity, with its fervent embrace of modern-day Israel as fulfilment of biblical prophecy, lacks their faith's compassion and justice, including for those who have endured half a century of Israeli occupation. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, Fi
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Karin Laub - Associated Press
Pence was in Jerusalem on Monday, expressing his full-throated support for Israel in a speech to parliament filled with biblical references.
This photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, shows a man walking in a street in the Palestinian refugee camp of Jerash in northern Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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Karin Laub - Associated Press
The plight of Palestinians uprooted by Israeli-Arab wars is one of the world's longest-running refugee crises, and a solution for millions of refugees and their descendants appears distant.
In this photo taken Sunday, Feb. 26, an 11-year-old Syrian refugee girl poses for a biometric iris scan in an interview room of the U.N. refugee agency in Amman, the first step in what are typically two years of interviews and background checks ahead of possible resettlement to the West, including the United States. (AP Photo/Karin Laub)
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Karin Laub - Associated Press
Many of the 5 million Syrian refugees who scratch out a living in overwhelmed neighboring states such as Jordan aren't necessarily candidates for a rare slot in the resettlement program. Instead, priority is given to the most vulnerable.
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Karin Laub - Associated Press
The international community must eventually relocate the more than 60,000 Syrians trapped in the remote desert near the border to safe countries, said Doctors Without Borders, adding that Jordan cannot be expected to shoulder the responsibility alone.