Al-Ayasrah: Jordan “Defeated the Israeli Narrative” and Entered into a Direct Battle with It

Al-Taj News – Member of the Senate Omar Al-Ayasrah said, Wednesday, that Jordan waged over the past three years a solid diplomatic battle to defend the Palestinian cause, and managed to confront and weaken the Israeli narrative.

Al-Ayasrah added that Jordan dealt with the repercussions following October 7 as a challenge affecting its national security and the future of the region, rather than as passing developments.

He affirmed that Jordan, from the beginning of the war, took a clear and decisive position on the issue of displacement, and adopted a clear strategy in confronting attempts to push Palestinians outside their lands, and strongly coordinated with Egypt on this file, and managed to convince the United States and the region of the danger of displacement and the necessity of rejecting it.

He pointed out that the Jordanian warnings were clear, citing His Majesty King Abdullah II’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly, which Al-Ayasrah said reflects a Jordanian understanding of the risks resulting from Israel’s use of what he described as the “benefits of power” that it has begun to feel after October 7, and its attempt to discharge this power in the West Bank, Gaza, and southern Syria.

He affirmed that Jordan “defeated the Israeli narrative,” and entered into a direct battle with it, considering that His Majesty the King’s latest speech represents a declaration of the defeat of this narrative, but the problem, in his opinion, lies in the Israeli policies that are still continuing.

He explained that Jordan has provided a lot in confronting the repercussions of the war, and that His Majesty the King’s speech carried a strategic reading that peace is the solution, and that strategic peace is the option, but he did not say that peace is the only solution, stressing in this context the royal message that “do not understand diplomacy as weakness.”

Al-Ayasrah explained that Jordan is facing major challenges today, particularly in the West Bank and southern Syria, considering that Israel’s transformation into a neighboring state to Jordan on the northern border represents a major problem, especially with its proximity to the sources of the Yarmouk River’s water, which are connected to Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian National Authority, which he considered a major threat to Jordanian national security.

He warned that Israeli policies that push Palestinians to leave their lands could lead to their repercussions being transferred to Jordan, saying that Jordan is “engaged” with these files, and that what is happening is not new in terms of Israeli policies, as the practices that preceded October 7, particularly regarding the holy sites and the West Bank, carried the same features, except that their pace increased and they became more brutal after the war.

He pointed out that Palestine has today become more incapable of confronting these policies, amid the state of ambiguity surrounding the Palestinian national project.