Prime diplomat says Amman’s precedence is to finish ‘Israel’s barbarism in Gaza’, which may not be seen as self-defence.
Jordan has mentioned that it gained’t signal a deal to supply vitality to Israel in trade for water – an settlement that was deliberate to be ratified final month.
“We had a regional dialogue about regional projects. I think that all of this …, the war [has] proven, [it] will not proceed,” Jordanian Overseas Minister Ayman Safadi instructed Al Jazeera on Thursday, referring to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
“We will not sign this agreement any longer. Can you imagine a Jordanian minister sitting next to an Israeli minister to sign a water and electricity agreement, all while Israel continues to kill children in Gaza?” requested the highest diplomat of Jordan, which borders Israel to the east.
Jordan and Israel have held a fragile peace settlement since 1994, which returned some 380km (236 miles) of Jordan’s occupied land from Israeli management and resolved long-standing water disputes.
“We [Jordan] signed the peace agreement in 1994 as part of a wider Arab effort to establish a two-state solution. That has not been achieved. Instead, Israel has not upheld its part of the agreement. So the peace deal will have to remain on the back burner gathering dust for now,” he mentioned.
All of Jordan’s efforts have been centered on ending what Safadi described because the “retaliatory barbarism carried out by Israel” in Gaza.
“Israel’s aggression and crimes [in Gaza] can no longer be justified as self-defence. It has been killing innocent civilians and attacking hospitals,” he instructed Al Jazeera.
“If any other state had committed a fraction of what Israel is doing now, we would have seen sanctions imposed on it from every corner of the globe,” he added.
This month, Jordan introduced it was “immediately” recalling its ambassador to Israel in response to the struggle in Gaza, accusing Israel of making an “unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe”.
Safadi mentioned Jordan would by no means enter right into a dialogue about who runs Gaza after the struggle, contemplating such a transfer now might be seen as a inexperienced gentle to Israel to do no matter it desires.
“If the international community wants to talk about this, it must stop the war now,” he added.
Jordan, like different Arab and Muslim nations, has strongly condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza wherein greater than 11,600 individuals have been killed, together with greater than 4,700 kids. Israel has additionally launched a floor offensive and restricted provides of water, meals and electrical energy to the enclave.
Safadi spoke as the pinnacle of the United Nations Aid and Works Company for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, warned of a “deliberate attempt to strangle” its operations within the Gaza Strip and mentioned it dangers shutting down all its humanitarian work due to an absence of gas.
Israel cut off fuel shipments into the Gaza Strip as a part of a “complete siege” on the realm after Hamas fighters from Gaza launched an assault on southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 individuals, in keeping with Israeli authorities.
