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Menu There is no diplomatic solutionIsrael should declare three nos;
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state
The steady stream of videos from the JOC certainly is impressive. It may mean that Abdullah is in deep trouble. But it is hard to know for sure. It is not clear from the videos themselves that the demonstrations are in Jordan, and not by Jordanian “exiles” elsewhere, such as Judea-Samaria or Jerusalem. The fact that the demonstrators usually don’t try to hide their faces or where masks, there are usually no police visible, and no sign that the police are clubbing and arresting the demonstrators is “suspicious.” Also, other sources say that it is considered a crime in Jordan to critiicze the King, or much the less call for his death. Why haven’t the police, then rounded up these people and put them in jail? Or maybe beat them to a pulp, as police in the middle East often do? Either Abdullahis a much more tolerant and liberal ruler than his opponants say, and allows his people considerable opportunity to criticize him, or the demonstrations are taking place somewhere not under his control, such as Judea-Samaria or “Israeli-occupied” Jerusalem. If the first explanation is the right one, maybe Abdullah is a kinder and more tolerant ruler many people say he is. And if that is the case, why not let him continue to rule?
Difficult to know where and to whom this is happening without the JOC’s commentary and translation. One would think such a high dignitary of state would be more carefully guarded. By the way, what is his name? Where is Tafillah in Jordan? I was discouraged to hear the narrator of the video say “Allah Akbar.” Rarely a positive message these days in the Arab world. Are the demonstrators Islamists?