Jordan’s Abdullah: Israel Imposing an ‘Unthinkable Situation’ on Palestinians

• Jordan’s Abdullah: Israel Imposing an ‘Unthinkable Situation’ on Palestinians
  by TOI STAFF and AFP, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  In a speech at the European Union Parliament on the tensions across the Middle East, monarch accuses Jewish state of ‘turning its back on its neighborhood’
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  Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Wednesday that Israel has been trying to “impose an unthinkable solution” on the Palestinians, lamenting that hopes were fading for the two-state solution backed by the international community.
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  In a speech in front of the European Union Parliament on the tensions boiling across the Middle East, the Jordanian monarch said Israel’s construction of settlements in the West Bank and “disregard of international law” could be summed up as “one state turning its back on its neighborhood, perpetuating divisions among peoples and faiths worldwide.”
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  Abdullah accused the Israeli government of being “propped up by structural inequalities with Palestinians as second class citizens.”
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  He went on to assert that a one-state solution to the conflict would lead to perpetual violence that would destabilize the entire region. “I will say it again and again: A more peaceful world is not possible without a stable Middle East and a stable Middle East is not possible without peace between Israelis and Palestinians,” he said to applause.
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  “What if Jerusalem, a city that is close to my heart personally and of great historic significance, remains disputed? Can we afford to rob Christians and Muslims alike of the spirituality, peace and coexistence that this city symbolizes and instead allow it to descend into political conflict?” asked Abdullah, who carries the hereditary title of “custodian” of holy Muslim and Christian sites in Jerusalem.
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