{"id":4962,"date":"2024-02-14T20:24:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=4962"},"modified":"2024-02-14T20:25:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:25:38","slug":"jordans-king-abdullah-attacks-70-years-of-israeli-occupation-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/?p=4962","title":{"rendered":"JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH ATTACKS ’70 YEARS OF ISRAELI OCCUPATION’ IN US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Israel In the Last Days - Jerusalem\n
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trembling STONG\u2019S NUMBER: 7478 <\/font> a reeling (from intoxication):\u2014trembling.<\/font>\n<\/span><\/div> unto all the people round about,when they shall be in the \n
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Israel in the Last Days<\/div>\n
\"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies\u2019 lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.\"\n \u2014 Ezekiel 39:25-29<\/blockquote>><\/strong><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Article Source: Jerusalem Post<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah warned against the danger of \u201cseven decades of occupation\u201d as he called for a two-state resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during a press conference with US President Joe Biden at the White House.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cSeven decades of occupation, death, and destruction have proven beyond any doubt that there can be no peace without a political horizon,\u201d said the monarch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abdullah has been a strong proponent of a two-state solution at the pre-1967 lines, with east Jerusalem as the capital of the Palestinian one.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Those who support that position often speak of their opposition to the more than five decades of Israeli \u201coccupation\u201d of the territories of the West Bank, Gaza, and east Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At issue for \u201967-line supporters is Israel\u2019s annexation of east Jerusalem in the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War and its military rule of the West Bank, both territories which had been \u201coccupied by Jordan\u201d since 1948 and until that war.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Al-Qibli Chapel, Part of Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the Old City of Jerusalem (credit: ANDREW SHIVA\/WIKIMEDIA)<\/strong><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

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They are also opposed to IDF control of Gaza, which had been under Egyptian \u201coccupation\u201d during that same 1948-1967 period. The IDF withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and, in light of the October 7 attack, is now waging a war to regain military control of that enclave from Hamas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The term \u201cseven decades of occupation\u201d is most often used by those who question the very existence of Israel, even within its sovereign 1948 borders, recognized by the United Nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Biden, during his remarks, recognized the Hashemite kingdom\u2019s special role as the custodian of the \u201choly sites\u201d in Jerusalem.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hashemite Kingdom’s role as the custodian of holy sites<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Abdullah also spoke of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque compound on the Temple Mount \u2013 known to Muslims as al-Haram, al-Sharif \u2013 as he warned against Israeli actions at that site, which is the holiest one in Judaism and the third most sacred site to Muslims.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cContinued escalations by extremist settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem\u2019s holy sites and the expansion of illegal settlements will unleash chaos on the entire region,\u201d the king said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe vast majority of Muslim worshipers are not being allowed to enter Al-Aqsa Mosque. Christian churches have also voiced concerns about increasing and unprecedented restrictions and threats,\u201d Abdullah said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE WHITE HOUSE later said that Biden spoke with Abdullah about his support for the status quo at the Temple Mount, an arrangement by which only Muslims can pray at that site, while members of all other faiths can only visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe president underscored the importance of upholding the status quo at the Haram al-Sharif\/Temple Mount, recognizing Jordan\u2019s crucial role as the custodian of Muslim holy places in Jerusalem,\u201d the White House said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The meeting between the two men focused in part on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, with Abdullah at the press conference calling for a permanent ceasefire, while the US has pushed for an extended humanitarian pause.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe need a lasting ceasefire now,\u201d the king said, calling specifically for Israel not to launch a military operation in Gaza\u2019s Rafah region.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe cannot afford an Israeli attack on Rafah: It is certain to produce another humanitarian catastrophe. The situation is already unbearable for over a million people who have been pushed into Rafah since the war started,\u201d he stated.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis war must end. We must urgently and immediately work to ensure the sustainable delivery of sufficient aid to Gaza through all possible entry points and mechanisms,\u201d Abdullah said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The king took issue with the US decision to suspend aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) pending a UN investigation into allegations that 12 of its staff members had participated in the October 7 massacre of Israelis and foreign nationals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE UN services 5.9 million Palestinian refugees in Gaza, the West Bank, east Jerusalem, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. The White House has said that the aid suspension impacts money that had been earmarked for Jordan. \u201cRestrictions on vital relief aid and medical items are leading to inhumane conditions. No other UN agency can do what UNRWA is doing in helping the people of Gaza through this humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d Abdullah said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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UNRWA also plays an important role in the other countries where it operates, the king stated, adding that its work is vital in Jordan, where it services 2.3 million Palestinians.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is imperative that UNRWA continues to receive the support it needs to carry out its mandate,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abdullah gave a nod to the Hamas-led October 7 attack, in which 1,200 people were killed and another 253 seized as hostages, as he spoke about the Palestinians killed and injured as a result of the Gaza war sparked by that attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hamas has asserted that over 28,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in war-related violence. Israel has said that some 12,000 of them are combatants.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cAll attacks against innocent civilians [including] women and children \u2013 including those of October 7 \u2013 cannot be accepted by any Muslim, as I have previously stressed,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe must make sure that the horrors of the past few months since October 7 are never repeated nor accepted by any human being,\u201d the king said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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He stressed that the only solution to the violence was \u201ca political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution \u2013 an independent, sovereign, and viable Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital but living side by side with Israel in peace and security.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is the only solution that will guarantee peace and security for the Palestinians and the Israelis, as well as the entire region,\u201d Abdullah said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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He stressed that the only solution to the violence was \u201ca political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution.”<\/font><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,2,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ensign","category-israel","category-jerusalem","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4962"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4980,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4962\/revisions\/4980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthedays.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}