In conjunction with Blinken’s visit to the region, the Jordanian foreign minister conveys a message to Abbas

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned that the continuation of the Israeli violations of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the insistence on deporting the residents of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood would rekindle the situation, while the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken from Israel affirmed the commitment to its security and the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, away from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).

In a joint press conference with his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki in Ramallah, the Jordanian minister praised what he described as the positive positions issued by the US administration regarding settlement, the two-state solution and the displacement of Palestinians, and indicated the importance of interacting with these positions and building on them, as he put it.

He added that he met the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and brought him a message from the Jordanian king regarding coordination of positions.

"The message confirmed the coordination of efforts to deal with the sensitive phase that we are in today, after stopping the aggression on Gaza and ensuring that we move forward to find the real political horizon, which is the only way not to repeat the escalation that we have witnessed," Safadi said.

To prevent the escalation from happening again, Safadi called for an end to the attacks and violations in the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Noble Sanctuary, and for the residents of the Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan neighborhoods not to be deported.

For his part, the Palestinian Foreign Minister stressed, during the conference, the importance of Palestinian-Jordanian coordination in order to reach a political path that would prevent a recurrence of the recent escalation that would lead to the resumption of negotiations.

The official Palestinian News Agency had quoted Abbas - during his meeting with Safadi - the Palestinian President’s affirmation of the need to move after fixing the calm, to the stage of the urgent start of a political path under the supervision of the International Quartet, “ending the Israeli occupation of our people and our land, and leading to our Palestinian people gaining their freedom and independence in a state Sovereignty with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of international legitimacy decisions. "

Safadi (right): The king's message concerns coordination of positions (Anatolia)

Blinken, Israel

Simultaneously, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that his presence in the Middle East is a testament to the US commitment to Israel's security, and to defuse the crisis in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

In statements after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Blinken made it clear that Washington will work to mobilize international support to respond to the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and that it will ensure that Hamas does not benefit from the reconstruction funds.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that any violation of the ceasefire in Gaza would face a strong response.

Blinken will also meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank today, and he will also visit Cairo and Amman.

But US officials indicated that it is too early to hold broader peace talks with Israel, which is facing a political crisis after 4 inconclusive elections within two years, and in light of the division between the Palestinian Authority headed by Abbas and Hamas.

The White House spokeswoman Jane Saki said that the US Secretary of State's tour in the Middle East aims to discuss the conditions for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the reconstruction of the Strip.

Not to involve Hamas

US President Joe Biden confirmed that Blinken would work to include other major partners in the region, including coordinated international efforts to ensure immediate aid arrives in Gaza "in a way that benefits the people there and not Hamas," as he put it.

For his part, a State Department official said that not talking to Hamas in Gaza poses a challenge, and that the US administration hopes to restore the Palestinian Authority’s role in Gaza in some way.

The official added that Washington does not see that Hamas has the right of veto, and that the work will be with the United Nations, which he said has a meaningful presence on the ground as part of the aid process.

But he admitted that Hamas is still present on the ground, and that Washington will work to contain its efforts, and that it hopes and expects the ceasefire to continue in the near term.

He explained that the United States will work in partnership with the United Nations and the Palestinian Authority in order for the people of Gaza to benefit from the aid, and that Egypt has a role in this field.

He indicated that there is no guarantee of what he called the aid not being used by Hamas, but the US administration will work to ensure that this aid reaches the people who need it, as he put it.

The White House had stated that the American and Egyptian Presidents Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi had consulted - by phone - on the urgent need to send humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza "in a way that benefits the people, not Hamas," as the White House put it.

For its part, the Egyptian presidency stated that Biden and Sisi discussed developments in the Palestinian issue and ways to revive the peace process, as well as supporting the stabilization of the ceasefire.

The Egyptian presidency also confirmed that Biden made clear Washington's determination to restore the situation in the Palestinian territories to what they were and to support the Palestinian Authority.