King Abdullah II has his own and deep experience in international diplomacy, having dealt with successive American presidents and Israeli governments, and witnessed the Second Intifada, the invasion of Iraq, the Arab Spring, the Syrian war, the rise of the Islamic State, up to the war on Gaza and the subsequent widening of the conflict in the region. The King carries in his political culture a history of a venerable family that has dealt with major crises in the Levant for more than a century. From these premises and facts, his word before the United Nations and the world gains its importance and weight at this highly sensitive stage in history. The King addresses everyone in the political scene, especially at a time when there are many intruders with narrow horizons and limited vision, to remind them that the world can no longer bear the additional experiments and mistakes that billions of people have to pay for after this irresponsible elite leaves their current political positions.
Therefore, King Abdullah II did not hesitate in his speech before the United Nations General Assembly to bring the conflict to its existential roots, and the timing is not just a minor detail, as everyone now has a last chance, and Jordan is not an actor watching the world change around it. This time, the message was for Israel first, especially as Israeli voters will go to the elections in a short period, and they have heavy choices that were a bet for the extreme right, which followed a strategy of exporting its crises abroad, as if it could coexist with a troubled region without paying its share of the high price that is taking shape before everyone.
Once again, the King points his finger clearly and directly at the root of the problem in the region, which is no longer feasible to maneuver around, and it is no longer ethical or acceptable to human conscience to remain in a state of continuous impunity, because that is what will make it expand its ambitions. Jordan, which has faced Israel for decades on the western front of its lands, finds it today sneaking into its northern borders and imposing a new reality that puts pressure on it, which can be clearly read in the royal speech, by advancing to a new and advanced stage of confrontation, not turning away.
Jordan remains committed to the region with its participation in efforts to combat terrorism and drug smuggling, and dealing as an active and positive country in the economic, commercial and technological environment, but at the same time, it will confront with the necessary tools in order to protect its security, water and the interests of its people in this stage against the Israeli encirclement attempt that extends around it.
The royal warning tone was expected in Amman and its political circles in recent days, as Jordan is the one that directly senses and deals with Israeli ambitions, and the world, afflicted by deafness and blindness, carried by selectivity and double standards, must know that it is repeating the major historical mistakes it committed decades ago, as it watches the Nazi ambitions expand in Europe, to become the cost of ignoring and overlooking a fantastic bill that Europeans had to pay before anyone else, and for long generations.
In the face of what threatens Jordanian security, there are not many options left, and the world should not expect Jordan to passively receive the arrogant Israeli bets, or to wait until the new realities imposed by Israel around it turn into stable facts that are difficult to change, as Jordan knows from its long experience that the temporary in this region can become permanent, and what starts as an exception can turn into a rule that everyone pays for.
The royal message before the United Nations General Assembly was not a declaration of Jordan's abandonment of diplomacy, but a warning that diplomacy itself cannot work indefinitely in the presence of a party that continues to change the facts on the ground, and tests each time the distance it can cover without finding anyone to stop it.
This time, Jordan is not talking about a distant danger, as Israel, which has remained on its western front for decades, is now, with its policies and movements, putting pressure on the surrounding area, and approaching its borders, waters, and direct interests. Hence, the last chance mentioned by the King becomes a responsibility for the world before it becomes an obligation for Jordan, because countries cannot forever watch the dangers approaching their borders and then act as if they do not see them.
Perhaps this was the clearest message in the entire speech: the world still has time to act, but at the same time, the time is no longer open.
