David Singer: King Abdullah’s continuing attempt to exclude Jordan from being part of any two-state solution remains the major obstacle to ending the 100-years-old unresolved Arab-Jewish conflict.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke by phone with the King of Jordan, Abdullah II, who called on Saturday to congratulate him on his inauguration this week.
David Singer: Jordan’s King Abdullah continues to engage in platitudes – rather than concrete action - as he pontificates but does nothing to help resolve the 100 years-old Arab-Jewish conflict.
David Singer: King Abdullah of Jordan has attempted to torpedo President Trump’s peace plan by falsely suggesting it could lead to a one-state solution – not the two-state solution Trump clearly envisages.
David Singer: Abdul Hameed Al-Ghabin - “a Saudi writer and a political and tribal figure”- has challenged Jordan to negotiate with Israel on President Trump’s “deal of the century”- or risk losing control of the Islamic holy sites in Jerusalem currently vested in Jordan under the 1994 Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and the Washington Declaration.
“His Majesty stressed the need for a comprehensive and lasting peace based on a two-state solution, leading to an independent Palestinian state on 4 June 1967 lines with east Jerusalem as its capital,” according to a statement from King Abdullah’s palace.
David Singer: President Trump’s long-awaited plan on ending the Arab-Israeli conflict will be further delayed following a flurry of diplomatic activity over the past week.
