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King of Jordan ready to take up arms if Israel changes Al-Aqsa status

Jakarta, CNNI Indonesia

King Abdullah II of Jordan stressed that his country is ready to face an open conflict if Israel the courage to change the state of the mosque Al-Aqsa Of Jerusalem.

This was stated by King Abdullah II when Israel will have a new government under the leadership of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who won the election again. Netanyahu’s current government is ranked as the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.

In a special interview with CnnKing Abdullah II is wary of the intentions of a number of parties in Israel who want to push for a change in Jordan’s status as custodian or custodian of a number of Muslim and Christian sites in East Jerusalem, including the Al- Aksa.

King Abdullah II has warned that Jordan has a limit of patience in responding to Israel’s intentions.

“If people want to come into conflict with us, we are quite prepared,” King Abdullah II told reporter Beck Anderson this month.

“I’ve always believed that, we see the glass as half full, but we have limits and if people want to push themselves, we’ll address them,” he added.

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Even so, King Abdullah was reluctant to elaborate on what sort of response would be made if Israel changed the status of its control over Jerusalem, a city that is also the center of conflict between Tel Aviv and Palestine.

Netanyahu’s rise to the top of the Israeli government has worried many parties. That’s because Netanyahu’s cabinet is now filled with a number of controversial figures who have hitherto been far-right.

One of the more controversial figures to join Netanyahu’s cabinet is Itamar Ben Gvir who will be deployed as Israel’s national security minister who will also handle law enforcement affairs in Jerusalem.

Ben Gvir has a history of inciting violence against Palestinians and Arabs in Israel. He has also been accused of inciting racist anti-Arab sentiment and supporting terrorism.

Ben Gvir has also openly called for a change in the status quo in Jerusalem.

This has raised more and more concerns about the potential escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that will never subside in the future of Tel Aviv’s relations with the Arab countries of the region as well as with Western countries.

This year has been the deadliest for Palestinian-Israelis as the number of clashes and casualties between the two sides has reached record highs in the past two decades.

Diplomatically, the conflict with Palestine only recently found a bright spot when Prime Minister Yair Lapid stressed that Israel supports the formation of a Palestinian state through a two-state solution in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly. last September.

However, this has yet to materialize, Prime Minister Yair Lapid being replaced by Netanyahu, who won the general election in early November. Meanwhile, Netanyahu has been known as a Palestine-hating Israeli leader.

Once he even considered the creation of a Palestinian state a big mistake and dangerous for the existence of Israel.

“We should be concerned about the next intifada (uprising). And if it were to happen, it would be a violation of law and order from which neither Israel nor the Palestinians will benefit,” said King Abdullah II. Cnn.

“I think there is a lot of concern from all of us in the region, including Israel who are on our side in this matter, to make sure that (the intifada) doesn’t happen again,” he added.

Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war. However, Israel and Jordan finally signed a peace treaty in 1994.

In the agreement, Israel formally recognized Jordan’s special role in protecting Jerusalem’s holy sites, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Even so, the two countries are often at odds, and Jordan often accuses Israel of violating the peace accord because it regulates citizens’ worship activities in Jerusalem, the holy city for Muslims, Christians and Jews.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been guardian of the holy site in Jerusalem since 1924 and claims to be the guarantor of Muslim and Christian religious rights in the city.

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