Middle East Monitor / July 8, 2023
Thousands of Jordanians participated in a massive demonstration organized following Friday prayer in Amman in support of the Palestinian resistance, Quds Press reported.
Many political, factional and social bodies participated in the demonstration organized to mark the victory of the Palestinian resistance in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp.
The participants chanted to support Jenin: “Jenin, the stronghold of Lions… Jenin has the stubborn fighters… Jenin does not bow to the occupation.”
In addition, the participants expressed their joy and happiness with the victory the Palestinian resistance achieved against the Israeli occupation forces.
At the same time, the demonstrators expressed their support for the Palestinian resistance in other cities, including Nablus, which has been under Israeli occupation attacks on the same scale as Jenin.
Senior Islamic Movement leader in Jordan Mohammad Iqtishat expressed: “The Palestinian cause is passing through dangerous and decisive moments as the Zionist enemy is increasing Judaization, settlement building, uprooting trees and deporting Palestinians.”
Iqtishat stated that all the Palestinians and their holy sites “are facing fierce Israeli attacks” and the only side defending them is “the brigades of the Palestinian resistance.”
Iqtishat called for the Arab and Muslim nations to stand up for their responsibilities in supporting Palestinians in their: “Fateful battle through which the Israeli occupation is planning to wipe out the refugee camp of Jenin.”
He concluded: “Why does the world stay silent about Israeli crimes against the Palestinians? When will the world, Muslims and Arabs take action and stop the Zionist Israeli attacks?”
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Ex-Jordan official: ‘Two-state solution is a lie’
Middle East Monitor / July 10, 2023
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan, Mamdouh al-Abadi, yesterday said the “two-state solution is a lie,” Quds Press reported.
Al-Abadi stressed that Jordan “must be present at any discussions related to the Palestinian cause because it shares the same fate with Palestine.”
He stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “is heading a right-wing government targeting Jordan with his expansionist policy,” noting that “Jordan has been under continuous danger since the creation of Israel.”
The former deputy PM also said: “The latest meetings held with Israel in Aqaba are useless, and the Palestinian Authority is unable to do anything to face the Israeli occupation politically or militarily.”
Al-Abadi revealed that the Jordanian political discussions with the occupation are “not strategic or deep because they will not last for a long time.”
Asked about what situation in Jenin, where 12 Palestinians were killed after Israel raised the city and used drones to shoot at it, he said, “the weak Palestinians could beat the strong Israelis,” adding that he was proud of the resilience of Jenin and its resistance.
Some of those who normalized relations with Israel have started to change their stances in favour of supporting the Palestinian right to their land, he added.
