The Palestinian file was at the core of the royal vision, considering it the clearest example of the cost of managing crises instead of solving them. His Majesty King Abdullah II reaffirmed that the continuation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for decades was not a result of the absence of solutions, but rather a result of the lack of sufficient international decision to end it, warning that dealing with Gaza and the West Bank as separate files leads to overlooking the broader picture, which is an integrated path that threatens the future of the Palestinian state and undermines the chances of a just peace.
What is striking in the speech is that His Majesty the King did not stop at describing the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza, but moved on to what is happening in the West Bank in terms of settlement expansion, land confiscation, displacement, and violence, placing these developments in a broader political and legal framework.
This reading carried a clear warning of the danger of turning procedures that are described as temporary or exceptional into permanent facts, making time itself a tool for changing realities, and placing the international community with a responsibility that goes beyond issuing statements to ensuring respect for and the application of international law.
The broader message concerns the security and future of the region, as His Majesty the King linked the continued absence of a solution to the Palestinian issue with the widening circle of regional instability, warning that the policy of imposing facts on the ground does not stop its effects at the borders of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
His Majesty also referred in his speech to the developments in southern Syria and border and water security, affirming that Jordan deals with these files as national security issues, and that Jordanian diplomacy, despite its adherence to dialogue and peace, is also based on protecting national interests and not allowing new threats to be imposed on the Kingdom.
In contrast, the speech presented an image of the Jordanian role that combines dealing with immediate crises and building the future. As His Majesty explained, Jordan does not separate combating terrorism and drug smuggling and enhancing defense capabilities on the one hand, from building economic, trade, technological ties and opening up to the region on the other hand, which is an equation that reflects the Kingdom's attempt to maintain internal and regional stability, while continuing to play a political and humanitarian role in the region's files, and not allowing successive crises to disrupt the path of construction and development.
The speech also emphasized Jordan's constants towards Jerusalem and the Palestinian cause, through continuing to support the steadfastness of the Palestinians and UNRWA, and adhering to the Hashemite custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites and preserving the historical and legal status quo in them. In this context, the royal message was clear that Jordan's engagement in diplomacy and dialogue is not a concession of positions and principles, and that openness to different parties does not mean accepting policies that conflict with international law or the legitimate rights of peoples.
In conclusion, His Majesty the King put the international community before a question that goes beyond the events of the moment: What does the world do when crises become so frequent that they lose their impact on public opinion and decision-makers? The most prominent message in the speech is that peace cannot be built by waiting, international law cannot retain its value if its application becomes selective, and military force alone cannot create stability. While crises compete for the world's attention, the royal message emphasized that the responsibility of the international community is not only measured by what it chooses to act on, but also by what it chooses not to see.
