Jordan’s Foreign Minister Told Israelis an Inconvenient Truth
’Ask any Israeli official what is their plan for peace – you’ll get nothing,’ Ayman Safadi said. One thing Israelis hate is Arabs who really want peace
Yoana Gonen – Oct 2, 2024 - Haaretz.com
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On Friday we heard a hopeful speech at the United Nations. Of course, it wasn’t the address by Benjamin Netanyahu, a man whose superpower is to wipe out countries and dash hopes. It was the speech by Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, who all but grabbed the microphone at the end of the declaration by the Arab states.
“The Israeli prime minister came here today and said that Israel is surrounded by those who want to destroy it, an enemy,” Safadi said at a press conference shortly after Netanyahu finished his speech at the UN General Assembly.
“We’re here – members of a Muslim-Arab committee, mandated by 57 Arab and Muslim countries – and I can tell you here, very unequivocally, all of us are willing to, right now, guarantee the security of Israel in the context of Israel ending the occupation and allowing for the emergence of a Palestinian state.”
Safadi wanted to remind people that Netanyahu and his government are the ones who are refusing to offer any diplomatic solution. He said that Netanyahu “is creating that danger because he simply does not want the two-state solution. And if he does not want the two-state solution, can you ask the Israeli officials: What is their endgame other than just wars and wars and wars?”
He later added: “Ask any Israeli official what is their plan for peace – you’ll get nothing, because they’re only thinking of the first step: ’We’re gonna go destroy Gaza, inflame the West Bank, destroy Lebanon,’ and after that, they have no plan. We have a plan. We have no partner for peace in Israel.” (...)