The tremendous international support our leadership received
over the past few weeks, in the aftermath of what has been known as "the
sedition case", which was nipped in the bud, showed the true respect and
credibility
His Majesty King Abdullah II enjoys worldwide, which in turn
explains the degree of confidence with which Jordan is acting as it spearheads
a strong peace push to revive the two-state solution.
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The re-ignition of a genuine peace process is, after all, a
vested interest of Jordan, and the gateway to a new age of prosperity and focus
on development, after decades of conflict that has consumed much of the
region's time, energy, and resources.
Last month, His Majesty sent a letter to Palestinian
President Mahmoud Abbas, delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs Ayman Al-Safadi, in which he stressed that
Jordan is keen,
through joint efforts with the Palestinian leadership, to work out “practical
steps to break the impasse” in the Mideast peace process and resume “serious
and effective talks”. The King said the endgame of the process is “achieving a
just peace that is only realized when the Palestinian people regain their full
legitimate rights," foremost of which is a sovereign state, with East
Jerusalem as its capital.
A chain of events followed, reflecting Amman's sincere
desire to achieve these goals, empowered by a series of world and regional
developments, including the possibility that, for the first time in more than a
decade, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would not lead the new
Israeli government.
Recently, the King met with a high-level US delegation,
headed by Senator Chris Murphy, and including senior state and defense
officials. A delegation of this caliber is seen as nothing but another
assurance of US' support of Jordan's pivotal role as the linchpin of security
and stability in the region. His Majesty seized the opportunity to reiterate
Jordan's position on regional peace.
The meeting followed two phone calls from US President Joe
Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken supporting Jordan's measures to
safeguard its stability and security. Murphy said in a statement, after ending
the regional tour, that he was in Amman to "reaffirm the US commitment to
Jordan".
Late last week, King Abdullah was in Brussels, and the
Mideast peace process, as always, was top on the talks' agenda with the EU and
NATO leaders. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said it all when he
described the meeting with the King as a valuable opportunity "to listen
to your assessments, analysis of the challenges you face in the region, because
your understanding, your knowledge about the region is something we really
appreciate here at
NATO.” The same message on regional peace was delivered to
the bloc as well as to the EU Commission and EU Council leaders.
This diplomatic flurry is coordinated with the right
partners, whose choice of peace is a strategic decision and the sole chosen
path to Middle East peace, which will reflect positively on world peace and
international cooperation.
Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, along with the US and EU are the
most concerned with this endeavor. So logically, the best formula is an
understanding between all of them, to be sold to an Israeli government where
Netanyahu has no role. His rival, Yair Lapid, who has been asked to form a
government after Netanyahu's failure to assemble one, is a proponent of the
two-state solution. Fingers crossed.
Despite a multiplicity of domestic and regional challenges,
Jordan has not given up on peace and partnership with sincere stakeholders, nor
on its friendship with all peace-loving nations. All the talk about the
country's losing its niche in regional politics over the past few years,
specifically during the term of former US president Donald Trump, is history
now, and the country's leadership is in the spotlight, esteemed and
appreciated, and these efforts will hopefully pay off before the end of 2021.
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