Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 1st that it would “immediately” recall its ambassador to Israel and issued a statement condemning “Israel’s ongoing war, which has resulted in the death of innocent people in the Gaza Strip and constituted an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.”
Israel expanded its operations and sent ground troops to attack Gaza on the 27th of last month. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi (pictured) warned in a message on the social platform X that this would lead to “a humanitarian disaster of unprecedented scale in the next few years.” ”. (Reuters file photo)
The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas raided Israel on October 7, and Israel immediately launched retaliatory actions. The war has entered its 26th day. Medical personnel in Gaza say that more than 8,500 people have been killed in Hamas-controlled Gaza, two-thirds of them women and children.
Israel expanded operations and dispatched ground troops on the 27th of last month. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned in a message on the social platform disaster”.
In 1994, Jordan became the second Arab country to sign a peace agreement with Israel, after Egypt. There are currently more than 2 million Palestinian refugees in Jordan’s population.
Since the conflict between Israel and Kazakhstan, there have been many large-scale protests in support of Gaza in Jordan, with demonstrators demanding that the government abrogate the peace treaty signed with Israel and close the Israeli embassy. The last time Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel was in 2019.
The White House stated on the 31st of last month that President Biden had a phone call with an important US partner, King Abdullah II of Jordan, to discuss “how to establish an emergency mechanism to stop violence, calm disputes and ease regional tensions.”
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2023-11-02 04:42:21
