Abdullah: Israel and Jordan 'have the same enemies'PDFPrintE-mail
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Written by Chris Perver  
Thursday, 19 April 2007 17:00
King Abdullah II of Jordan has urged Israeli politicians to agree to the Arab peace initiative today, during a meeting with an Israeli delegation in Amman. According to the Israelis the king spoke very frankly about the situation now facing nations in the Middle East, and that unless Israel agreed to make peace with their immediate neighbours, other undesirables could make life difficult for them both. Abdullah told the Israeli delegation, which comprised of Acting Israeli President Dalia Itzik and Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman Tzachi Hanegbi, that the two nations had "the same enemies", and asked if the Israelis really wanted to see the Iranians "on the banks of the Jordan" river.

Quote: "Jordan's King Abdullah II yesterday told a delegation of Knesset members that "we are in the same boat, we have the same problem. We have the same enemies." The king reiterated the comments a number of times, which those at the meeting said referred to Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas. Abdullah also emphasized that he spoke not only for Jordan but for a group of states in the region. The king asked at one point: "Do you want Iran on the banks of the Jordan?" Advertisement Former Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin said in response: "I have seen Jordanian openness that does not hesitate to scold extremist Muslims." MK Shlomo Breznitz said that the comments raise the first hope that moderates plan to set the tone in the Arab world. "The style and daring are new," he said.

The king stated that Israel had an unprecedented opportunity to make peace in the region. He also said that the initiative was not cast in stone but only represented talking points, and that Israel could agree to compensate Palestinians demanding the "right of return" instead of re-housing them in Israel. It certainly is interesting days. The Bible states that Jordan will be the only country that will be spared the "wrath" of the Antichrist and his armies, which makes me think that the Antichrist will be European and will be in favour of keeping the peace in the region - thus sparing Jordan, which has been favourable towards Israel recently. Other hostile nations such as Egypt, Sudan and Libya will be overthrown (Daniel 11:42-43). Most Egyptians still regard Israel as an enemy, so it wouldn't take much for Egypt to renounce the peace treaty, and subsequently come under control of the Antichrist's armies. 

Source Haaretz

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