crisis in Jordan; What is the position of the eastern front in the cause of Palestine?
Mehr News Agency- International Group: Jordan at the heart of Middle East equations It is the center of regional and international crises. This Arab country is on a tightrope between maintaining neighborly relations, advancing national interests and curbing threats. The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) carried out the Al-Aqsa storm operation with the aim of preventing the marginalization of the Palestinian cause at the level of public opinion and inflicted a major intelligence failure on the Zionist regime.
The Zionist crime in Gaza and the deterioration of the situation in the West Bank have made Jordan face important political and security challenges in creating a balance between different actors. Operation martyrdom Talabane of a Jordanian citizen named Maher Ziab Hossein Al-Jazi against the Zionist regime and the death of three people from the Zionist settlement of Nashinan at the crossing Al-Karamah, or the King Hussein Bridge on the border between the West Bank and Jordan, has shown the anger and hatred of Jordanian citizens towards the Zionist crimes, and this issue has influenced the internal calculations of Jordanian officials and the level of their political relations with Netanyahu’s government. .
Geopolitics of Jordan
Jordan is located at the meeting place of Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Holy Land and its borders according to “Sykes-Picot” agreement is specified. Being among the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf and having a long border with the occupied territories has doubled the geopolitical importance of this country. Geopolitical crises such as the Palestinian issue, the conflict between the Arabs and the Zionist regime, the Syrian crisis, etc. have had direct and indirect effects on the security, interests and internal stability of Jordan. Historically, the geographical conditions have given Jordan the possibility to play a role in the equations of the region, despite its small area, limited capabilities and poor resources, and sometimes to impose its demands on others.
This country is one of the most important breathing ways of Palestine and It is the West Bank, for this reason the Zionist regime always has special sensitivities towards the developments and movements of this region. The presence of a large number of Palestinian refugees and Palestinian citizens Al Asl, who make up more than half of the population of this country, and the role of the rulers of this country as the guardian of Al-Aqsa Mosque, lead to this. It has turned out that paying attention to the West Bank and the necessity of maintaining stability in the Palestinian territories is not a choice, but a necessity in the foreign policy of this country.
Jordan’s relations with the Zionist regime and the United States of America
Jordan, like Egypt, ever since it normalized its relations with the Zionist regime, the United States pledged to provide financial and military aid to this country. to do Based on this, a situation was created in which the Jordanian government considers cooperation with the United States along the lines of strategic relations with the Zionist regime and comes to the mindset that if it wants to have good relations with the United States, it should maintain its relations with the Zionist regime at least at the security level. The Jordanian government turns its back on the cause of Palestine for its own interests and cooperates with this regime on several security issues.
Since Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet came to power, Jordan’s political relations with the Zionist regime have become somewhat strained, because unlike the Jordanian government’s approach, which adopts a two-state strategy towards the issue Palestine follows, the Zionist regime is still opposed to the possibility of a two-state solution, and some Zionist extremists present Jordan as an alternative to a Palestinian state in the West Bank. Every time the tension in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip escalates, the parties in the occupied territories try to increase the pressure on the Palestinian citizens to force them to migrate to the Sinai desert or Jordan. This racist idea not only violates the resolutions of the Security Council, but also poses serious risks to the national security of the mentioned countries.
Bahre Sakhan
The intelligence security cooperation between Jordan and the Zionist regime has a long history and the two cooperate on many security issues. The presence of Netanyahu as the prime minister of the Zionist regime and his extreme cabinet has greatly strained the relations between Jordan and this regime. The approach adopted by Jordan now is that it maintains its security cooperation with Israel, but openly expresses its opposition to the policies of the Netanyahu government. In other words, Jordan’s relations with the Zionist regime are divided into two separate security and political sectors.
Jordan has continued its relations with the security sector of the regime, but has significantly reduced the level of relations with the government based in the occupied territories. A prominent example of this fact was clearly evident during Operation “Honest Promise”. While the Jordanians were trying to show themselves as supporters of the Palestinian nation, in practice, the defense systems of this Arab country and the American forces stationed in Jordan rushed to the aid of the Zionist regime.
It should not be forgotten that in America’s new Middle East policy, Jordan has become the point of concentration of American forces in the Shamat area and this Arab country plays a decisive role in the equations. Syria, Iraq and Palestine are occupied. In other words, Amman is defined due to its close military and security relations with the United States in the Western bloc, and it has a limited possibility of a security conflict with the Zionist regime. King Abdullah II, the king of this country, has been trying to adopt the policy of “One by the shoe, one by the nail” after October 7 and while creating an obstacle for the weapons to reach the West Bank, he keeps the internal atmosphere of Jordan calm with demonstration positions. The developments of the coming days and weeks will show exactly what strategy the Jordanian government has taken in response to Israel’s crimes in Gaza.
The results of the parliamentary elections in Jordan and the winning of 31 seats by the “Al-Amal Front Al-Islami, as a party branch of “Muslim Brotherhood”, carries the message that during the last 11 months, the Gaza war has increased the favor of Jordanian public opinion towards Hamas and the idea of resistance. Based on this, the human government Al-Khasawneh, the Prime Minister of Jordan, resigned and by accepting this resignation, King Abdullah appointed Jafar Hassan as the Prime Minister of Jordan and made him responsible. to form a new government. The challenging issue for the king of Jordan is that he is supposed to travel to Washington soon, where he will probably face the question, “What kind of government will the new Jordanian government be?” Time will prove in which direction the positions of the Jordanian government will move despite the number of seats belonging to the movement close to “Hamas” in the parliament.
