Jordan has recently broadcast that it is ready to join the Palestinian campaign against Israel in international forums.
Despite this, it seems that the worsening of the tone is a consequence of the undermining of the internal situation in the kingdom, and is not only related to the measures of the new government in Jerusalem.
Just last week, the Jordanian representative at the UN supported the Security Council meeting to discuss Minister Ben Gabir's visit to the Temple Mount. At the meeting, some eyebrows were raised when the representative denied that Jordan had occupied Judea and Samaria in the past, and claimed that it was a "unification of the two banks of the Jordan River, so that the Palestinians could exercise their right for self-determination.
Half the government was from the West Bank."
At the same time, Jordanian Foreign Minister Safadi and his American counterpart in Lincoln spoke on the phone in recent days, and also discussed a visit to the Temple Mount.
Spadi emphasized that action must be taken to maintain the historical status quo in Jerusalem, and to maintain a real effort in the region to create a political solution to the conflict based on a two-state solution.
Funeral of policemen killed in riots in Jordan // Photo: Reuters
In the Arab press, publicists expressed hope that this trend would pave the kingdom's way to the forefront of the international campaign against Israel - whether through the International Court of Justice in The Hague or through the government's instructions to its ambassadors abroad.
Furthermore, the Jordanian parliament called for the renewal of ties with Islamist elements, such as Hamas and the Islamic movement in Israel, in order to "give Israel a blow."
The chants were accompanied by anti-Semitic expressions, as in the speech of MP Yanal Frihat: "There are cards, some of which are related to the International Court of Justice, and some of which relate to direct support for our people - the Morabiton and the Morabitat in Al-Aqsa Mosque, so that they are not harassed," he said.
He added that we should be open to all Palestinian elements, such as Sheikh Ra'ed Salah and "an element that represents 50% of the Palestinians, with whom we need to renew ties - Hamas. The sons of monkeys and pigs (a nickname for Jews in Islam) should know that the reaction from the Jordanian and Palestinian people is perhaps Only words now, but the words are like a volcano - the response will come with the help of bullets."
King Abdullah // Photo: GettyImages,
But a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (Mmari) sheds light on the internal unrest in Jordan, which is not related to Israel. According to the report, journalists and former ministers in the country are calling for a change in internal policy against the background of the fuel price protest, which broke out in December and led to the death of officers in Manganoni the security.
One of them wrote that some of those who adopted the critical discourse are people who previously held important positions.
According to him, the criticism stems from the exclusion of parties, tribes and trade unions from the government.
New power base
If so, it seems that the Jordanian government is indeed increasing the tone against Israel, but is no less concerned about the increase in fuel prices than about Jews going up to the Temple Mount.
As the traditional support base of the Bedouin tribes is undermined by an economic crisis, the Palestinian element of the population in Jordan is given more of a platform to create a new power base.
One that Crown Prince Hussein, half-Palestinian by origin, could lean on in the future.
A beautiful example of this could be found in the new note issued by the Jordanian Bank: King Abdullah against the background of the Temple Mount.
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