Israel has always put up with the King of Jordan’s addiction to the Muslim Brotherhood. After all, the King has served the Israeli government’s interest by providing a sort of known quantity on its Eastern border. True, he supports repressive laws in his country, a form of Apartheid against Palestinians living there and he cozies up to anti-semites around the Middle East.
Israel put up with the King’s hatred of the Jewish people and their right to Jerusalem and the Land of Israel, because until this summer Jordan and Egypt represented the only Arab states that were willing to make peace with the Jewish State.
With the UAE and Bahrain signing the Abraham Accord, Jordan’s King no longer has a use for Israel nor the Gulf States. In fact, his long standing pact with the Muslim Brotherhood may in fact be the very reason none of the Sunni Gulf States want to put up with him anymore.
This is why the recent elections in Jordan were such a blow to the King and his Islamicist partners.
Abed AlMaala, deputy secretary general of the Jordanian opposition said: “In Jordan, 3 things are clear. First, the King has placed himself above the Constitution, so he can do what he wants. Second, he appoints both the Prime Minister and all the members of the Upper House of Parliament. Finally, no one can run for office of any type without the king’s permission. Usually this means swearing allegiance and paying a hefty fee (bribe) to be on the ballot. Once on the ballot, it is almost assured that you will win, because it implies that the king has blessed your candidacy.”
For years now, there has been a growing grassroots movement opposing the Hashemite Royal Family. As the average Jordanian has seen a steep decline in his finances and quality of life, the animosity between the masses and the regime has grown.
In order to hold back the citizenry, the King has instituted repressive measures, but now they are in fact beginning to falter as well.
As long as the Muslims leaders do NOT change their position in all the UN organizations, it’s “all gornisht”! Taqiyya.
@ Skeezix:
In the Middle East, that is. There are, it is true, examples where the powers-to-be simply lied about their intentions, such as Castro in 1959 on American television.
@ Frank Adam:
@ Skeezix:
But, did the parties that were planning to take over in those countries ever claim that they would be better in the way that Mudhar Zahran does?
@ Frank Adam:
The Results of “Regime Change” do not have a history, of producing the sorts of results most would label “Positive” – Read History.. It is not good bed time reading!!
@ Ted Belman:
Don’t be too cocky. When Arab kings go as in Iraq, Tunisia and Yemen to the Shah in Iran, the successor regime is usually worse on human rights, international politics and economy.
The king is on his way out,
Jordan is the Arab section of WWI Palestine. Israel including the West Bank is the Jewish section of Palestine.