With the countdown to the anticipated Israeli plan to annex the Palestinian territories and the Jordan Valley that Israel intends to implement at the beginning of next month, Jordanian political and diplomatic steps seeking to confront the plan most dangerous to its interests and national security continue.
A number of papers are being silently presented in the Jordanian political chambers that Amman can pressure them towards the annexation decision, the most prominent of which are: the diplomatic reduction with Israel or the withdrawal of the Jordanian ambassador from Tel Aviv, or a request to leave the Israeli ambassador from Amman, while the step to stop economic cooperation and trade will be laid On the Jordanian table, in addition to stopping security and intelligence coordination; However, the freezing of the peace agreement (Wadi Araba) is temporarily excluded.
The silent situation has escalated and bypassed the walls of political salons, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to start implementing the annexation plan by next month, which requires annexing 30% of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley.
Jordanian steps
The Kingdom views with caution the Israeli steps aimed at annexing the valley, while official Jordanian sources for Al-Jazeera Net reveal that the Kingdom has political, legal and diplomatic papers in the event that its interests and national security are threatened.
The sources said that the continuous diplomatic moves with Arab or European countries are seeking to completely stop the annexation decision, and not to recognize it if it occurs, stressing that all the kingdom's options are on the table and are carefully studied.
Sources close to the decision-making kitchen of Al-Jazeera Net revealed that the Kingdom is considering - in the event of the implementation of the Israeli decision - an urgent call to hold an Arab summit at the level of foreign ministers, to put them in the form of the repercussions of the crisis, and to take a unified Arab position towards Israel.
This comes after a Jordanian warning, which came on the tongue of King Abdullah II, who stated to the German magazine Der Spiegel, that if Israel were to annex the occupied territories to its control, this would lead to a major clash with the Kingdom, but it is not yet known what the expected clash would be, The Kingdom adheres to the decision of the two-state solution on the basis of international legitimacy and establishment of a Palestinian state on the borders of June 4, 1967 with East Jerusalem as its capital.
Jordanian wait
Jawad al-Anani, the former royal chief of staff, believes that the kingdom will not use pressure cards once, as it continues to take the expected Israeli decision to build on it that suits him, as Israel may include only several settlements, or only include parts of the settlement blocs in the West Bank and settlement blocs, or announce On annexation without actual implementation, there is no clear conception of annexation or how it will be on the ground until the moment.
Al-Anani assures Al-Jazeera Net that there are many steps ahead for Jordan to face the next. It is imperative to continue his diplomatic steps with European and Arab countries to stop the Israeli-American plan, expecting to reduce diplomatic representation with Israel in the event of approval of the annexation project, but Amman will be careful in making any decision. To have a real impact on the other side.
This coincides with a question within the political salons about the role of traditional allies of Amman in standing with it to face the plan, and not leaving Jordan alone in the face of the coming storm without Arab support with it, after the role of the American ally supporting the annexation project.
Demand for escalation
The Speaker of the Jordanian House of Representatives, Atef Al-Tarawneh, called on the Jordanian government to announce a series of escalatory steps towards the practices of the Israeli occupation, amid confirmation that preventing Israel from the annexation step would deter the forces of injustice and limit any country that violates international legitimacy as UN consensus decisions.
Israeli media quoted Israeli officials as saying that the Jordanian government has made clear to Israel that it will strongly oppose the annexation of parts of the West Bank, at a time when US-Israeli discussions are being held on this file.
Israeli Channel 13 said that this Jordanian position was expressed by King Abdullah II a week ago to the head of the Israeli Mossad, and stressed that Jordan made this clear to both the United States and the European Union.
A popular gift
Popularly, the Jordanian street is preparing a mass gift to protest the Israeli annexation plan, where a massive sit-in is expected to be held in front of the American embassy in Amman following the Israeli announcement, while the Islamic movement called for the coming Friday to be considered a day of rage in the Arab and Islamic nation.
The movement demanded - at a press conference held on Monday evening - the Jordanian government to respond to the Zionist aggression by canceling the Wadi Araba peace agreement, canceling the stolen gas agreement from the land of Palestine, cutting diplomatic relations with the Zionist entity, and releasing the supporters of the resistance.
The Secretary-General of the Islamic Action Front, Murad Al-Adayleh, says that the annexation plan targets the Palestinian cause and Jordanian national security, and constitutes a clear aggression and a declaration of war against the Kingdom and Palestine.
Al-Adayleh called for an emergency summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to discuss the implications of this decision and ways to confront it at the level of the Islamic nation.