In response to a question, Safadi stressed that the call to recognize the Palestinian state is a call made by the Arab countries and many countries or a number of European countries that have recognized the Palestinian state, including Spain, Slovenia, Ireland, Malta and Norway, in addition to other countries that have recognized it, and stressed that this is an important step, and we call on all European countries to take it as well and to recognize the Palestinian state as a full member of the United Nations.
On the peace agreement with Israel, Safadi reiterated that no one has offered the Palestinian cause what Jordan has offered and is offering. “When the time was a time of war, Jordan fought and offered martyrs on the soil of Palestine, and when the Arabs decided collectively, and there was an international will that negotiations would be the way to approach the conflict, Jordan negotiated and obtained its rights and recovered its land, and enshrined in its agreement the need to fulfill the Palestinian
right to self-determination and the removal of injustice and oppression,” Safadi said.
Safadi explained that the agreement is used by Jordan to serve Palestine and peace, “because all the roles we play now are because the peace agreement enables us to do so. If we cancel the peace agreement, the only ones who would benefit from that now are the Israeli extremists who want to disavow their obligations under the agreement, whether to Jordan or to the Palestinian people.”
Safadi underscored that Jordan, as part of the historical Hashemite custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites, plays a key role in protecting the Arab, Islamic and Christian identity of these holy sites, and the Jordanian-Israeli peace agreement allows or recognizes a special role for Jordan in managing the holy sites. Without the Jordanian role, there would have been a vacuum that Israel exploited to impose its sovereignty over the holy sites and change their Arab, Islamic and historical identity. We in Jordan are nothing but confide
nt that we support Palestine, support the right of the Palestinian people to their freedom, dignity and their independent, sovereign state on their national soil with occupied Jerusalem as its capital, on the basis of the two-state solution that guarantees security and peace for all.”
Source: Jordan News Agency