ARAB AND WORLD
Mon 06 Nov 2023 6:39 pm - Jerusalem Time
Jordan warns against a “declaration of war”: any attempts to displace Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank are a red line
Jordanian Prime Minister, Bisher Al-Khasawneh, said that any attempts to displace Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank are a red line, and Jordan will consider them a “declaration of war,” according to what Al-Khasawneh stated, Monday, November 6, 2023, during a meeting in the Jordanian House of Representatives regarding the developments. In the Gaza Strip.
The Jordanian official also added that all options are on the table for Jordan within the framework of the gradual stance in dealing with the Israeli aggression against Gaza and its repercussions. He said: “The continuation of the sinful aggression against the Gaza Strip with all its crimes constitutes a violation of international law and international humanitarian law.”
While Al-Khasawneh called for the need to stop the impunity and protection that gives Tel Aviv a license to kill Palestinian civilians, saying that international humanitarian law prohibits and criminalizes targeting and killing civilians without exception, indicating that impunity and silence regarding its violations against Palestinian civilians constitute a shameful double standard.
The Jordanian Prime Minister also added: "We are all at the heart of one man behind His Majesty the King, institutions, parties and citizens, in his honorable positions to support the Palestinian cause and stop the aggression against Gaza. A strong Jordan is the most capable of serving the Palestinian cause," according to what was reported by local media.
Earlier, Jordanian King Abdullah II warned Israel against any attempt to forcibly displace Palestinians, even internally, after Israel issued orders for Gazans to move to the southern part of the Strip, stressing the necessity of opening corridors to bring aid into the Strip.
This came during a meeting between King Abdullah II in Amman and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, according to what was reported by the Jordanian News Agency, during a visit to the latter as part of an indefinite tour that he began with Israel and included Qatar.
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced, on Wednesday, November 1, that it had summoned the Jordanian ambassador to Israel, and informed Tel Aviv that it would not return its ambassador to the Kingdom, as an expression of Jordan’s position rejecting and condemning the war waged by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip.
The Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Al-Safadi, decided to summon the Jordanian ambassador to Israel to Jordan immediately, and said that this came “as an expression of Jordan’s position of rejection and condemnation of the raging Israeli war on Gaza, which is killing innocent people and causing an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.” “It carries dangerous possibilities for its expansion, which will threaten the security of the entire region and international security and peace.”
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Jordan warns against a “declaration of war”: any attempts to displace Palestinians from Gaza or the West Bank are a red line