In the speech of His Majesty King Abdullah II, His Majesty explained that the international community is turning a blind eye to Israel's practices, while it is delving deeper into its policies that have left deep impacts on the Palestinian people, from injustice, oppression, and continuous violations for many years.
His Majesty King Abdullah II directed the world's attention to the fact that, from his perspective, the issue is no longer limited to the suffering of the Palestinian people from the occupation and related violations, but it is also related to Israeli ambitions to expand control and settlement. Israeli threats, as His Majesty warned, have become part of a political scene that goes beyond the existing conflict to attempts to impose a new reality on the ground.
Peace, which is supposed to be a common language between peoples and countries, seems, in the light of continued escalation, to lose its place in the Israeli side; the talk about peace may be presented to the international community, while on the ground, acts of bombing, destruction, expansion, and settlement continue. Here arises the question that His Majesty's speech carried to the world: How can we talk about peace while the practices that undermine its components continue?
His Majesty is no longer speaking with words that aim only to convey the image of suffering and the horror of what is happening, but his speech seemed a call for a real movement from the international community, a movement that would put an end to violations, stop the killing, destruction, and bombing, prevent the continuation of Israeli settlements, and restore respect for international law and human rights.
The violations, according to widespread criticism of Israeli policies, have exceeded the limits of affecting the land and the human being to affect places of worship and religious rituals; mosques and churches, in the view of critics, have not received the respect and protection imposed by human values and international rules. Also, linking Judaism to Zionism in a way that reduces a complete religious identity to a political project has led, according to these criticisms, to distorting the image of Judaism and insulting its followers by confusing religion with the political project.
The effects of this conflict have not stopped at a category, age, or place, but its repercussions have extended to various aspects of human life, in the light of scenes of killing, destruction, displacement, and suffering, until the protection of human beings and their rights has become an issue that transcends borders and geography.
His Majesty said it clearly: “Syria is a warning that the international community chooses not to pay attention to.”
Today, Syria stands at a critical stage in the process of building a sovereign state with security and stability, and at the same time, warnings emerge that Israel has chosen to begin drawing a new path based on expanding its influence and violating Syrian territory. Just as the international community, according to the Jordanian speech, chooses to turn a blind eye to some of the suffering of Palestine, fears are growing that the same thing will happen in Syria.
Fears have reached vital water sources, which are one of the most important components of life, which makes the continuation of any military or expansionist movements in areas close to these sources an issue that goes beyond the limits of military conflict to become an issue related to water security and regional stability.
With every step that passes without accountability or a firm international stance, the question arises about the extent to which these policies can reach, and where their continuation can lead in the absence of accountability and deterrence.
As for the Jordanian land, it is, in the Jordanian sentiment and in the official position of the Kingdom, a red line that cannot be touched. Jordanian land, the Jordanian people, and the Kingdom's vital sources represent national and sovereign constants, and they are a trust in the hands of the leadership, the people, and the army, and they cannot be dealt with as an open field for any ambitions or expansionist projects.
And thus came the speech of His Majesty King Abdullah II to express a clear Jordanian position towards what is happening, and to talk about issues that His Majesty said the international community failed or hesitated to talk about sufficiently.
In this speech, the Jordanian position appears as a position that confirms standing alongside the human being, and alongside the peoples suffering from wars, destruction, and displacement, foremost among them the Palestinian people, while emphasizing the need to protect civilians, respect international law, and reject targeting innocents.
This position also confirms that Jordan, leadership, people, and army, is not far from the humanitarian issues that the world is experiencing, and is not absent from the conflicts, wars, and political developments that the region is witnessing.
At the same time, this speech responds to all the rumors and accounts that try, in different ways and means, to obscure the reality of the Jordanian position or to present a different picture of the humanity of Jordanians and their positions towards the afflicted and oppressed peoples.
Jordan, which has historically lived in a region full of conflicts and crises, knows well the meaning of war, refuge, and destruction, which is why humanitarian issues have remained present in its political and diplomatic discourse.
Therefore, the speech of His Majesty King Abdullah II can be read as a political and humanitarian message at the same time; a message that confirms that the continuation of violations, killing, and destruction cannot be a path to peace, and that the silence of the international community in the face of escalating crises opens the door to more tension and instability.
The message carried by the speech, in its essence, revolves around the necessity of stopping the depletion of humanity, putting an end to the continuation of violations, protecting peoples, lands, and sanctities, and returning to the language of law and peace instead of the language of force and threat.
It is a position that can be summarized in one title: We will not remain silent in the face of what is happening, and we will not allow humanity to be exhausted any further.
