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Last update - 09:31 09/11/2009
Jordan: World must stop Israel settlement building
By Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Jordan, West Bank settlements 

Jordanian King Abdullah II on Monday advised Israel to stop "playing with fire" regarding the future of Jerusalem.

"Jerusalem is a red line and Israel must internalize the importance the city holds for Arabs and Christian Muslims, and stop playing with fire," said Abdullah.

If Arabs efforts to enforce a construction freeze in settlements do not come into fruition as a condition for renewed negotiations, said Abdullah, then the Americans and international community must intervene.
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This intervention would be necessary to ensure that any negotiations focus on a permanent agreement, said Abdullah, including final borders, the status of Palestinian refugees and the future of Jerusalem.

The outcome of the negotiations, said the king, must promise the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, with Jerusalem as its capital.

Negotiations of this kind must be clearly outlined in advance and accomplished within a set timetable, added the king.

The leaders of Jordan and Egypt - only two Arab states to conclude official peace treaties with Israel so far - warned earlier this month that Israel's unilateral actions in East Jerusalem and other Arab areas were "derailing" efforts aimed at resuming peace negotiations with the Palestinians, and would thereby have a "catastrophic" effect on the region.

The remarks came in a joint communique issued at the end of a whirlwind visit to Cairo by Jordan's King Abdullah II where he held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

The two leaders discussed the "catastrophic consequences on the region's stability and security resulting from the failure to seize the current opportunity for making peace," the statement said.]

Abdullah and Mubarak "stressed the need for an immediate cessation of Israeli unilateral actions, particularly the building of settlements and jeopardising the identity of Jerusalem and holy places, which could only derail the chances of peaces."

The leaders also echoed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' rejection of a fresh appeal by U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton to resume peace negotiations before Israel stopped all forms of settlement construction.

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      1.   Sleepless nights 09:47  |  zoe 09/11/09
      2.   Double standards 09:49  |  David 09/11/09
      3.   King Abdullah, do you want Israel to call Jordan "Palestine" 09:52  |  Gilad 09/11/09
      4.   To the Hashemites 10:22  |  Emir 09/11/09
      5.   David and Gilad 10:23  |  sh 09/11/09
      6.   So The KING has spoken 10:33  |  MJ 09/11/09
      7.   Not the World. Israel owes the World Zilch 10:50  |  H 09/11/09
      8.   More of the same from King Abdallah. 10:54  |  David Nigel Braham 09/11/09
      9.   Arrogant Abdullah 11:07  |  Robert 09/11/09
      10.   #5 sh 11:18  |  Gilad 09/11/09
      11.   Jerusalem Eternal Capital of Israel 11:42  |  Khaled 09/11/09
      12.   Why is this a top new story? 11:49  |  B 09/11/09
      13.   Jordan: Worls must stop Israel settlement building 11:58  |  Mordecai 09/11/09
      14.   Expired King 12:01  |  True Jordanian 09/11/09
      15.   Jordan a ?Western-oriented? country ? 12:06  |  B. Gold 09/11/09
      16.   Robert Montreal 12:31  |  Petra 09/11/09
      17.   Jerusalem 12:37  |  Juge 09/11/09
      18.   Jordan: World must stop Israel settlement building 12:38  |  DT 09/11/09
      19.   King Abdullah is right... 12:48  |  Dutch 09/11/09
      20.   Jordan unlawfully grabbed 3/4 of the mandate area 12:59  |  Trumpeldor 09/11/09
      21.   The wall and settlement have the same purpose 13:24  |  Oggy 09/11/09
      22.   Jordan is many more times the size of Israel 13:59  |  Israe not butler did 09/11/09
      23.   Jerusalem 14:01  |  USA Fred 09/11/09
      24.   Gilad: Not exposed to the truth about Jerusalem? 14:05  |  sh 09/11/09
      25.   I`m Always Puzzled by this fake settlement excuse 14:07  |  Mark from Georgia 09/11/09
      26.   Jordan`s Difficult position 14:24  |  Barry Zornberg 09/11/09
      27.   #19 doris cadigan and an abysmal knowledge of history 14:44  |  vhardman 09/11/09
      28.   Maybe time for a worldwide referendum....??? 14:51  |  Swiss (Dino) 09/11/09
      29.   The lessons of history 14:55  |  Daniel 09/11/09
      30.   No israel, no Palestine ! 15:14  |  Tony Silver 09/11/09
      31.   #20 Trumpeldor 15:27  |  BDS 09/11/09
      32.   That`s an easy one, Swiss Dino 15:38  |  r cummings 09/11/09
      33.   Oggy - Settlements are housing Israeli civilians. It is 15:39  |  CJ 09/11/09
      34.   Mark from Georgia --- You make a simpletons argument 15:49  |  Natallie Durson 09/11/09
      35.   to swiss thats why it was supposed to be international! 16:00  |  ben 09/11/09
      36.   IT"S ALL ABDULLa`s fault! 17:01  |  dav zee 09/11/09
      37.   #34; Natalie Durson,It is a simple argument , so save the insults 18:15  |  Mark from Georgia 09/11/09
      38.   A OPEN LETTER: The Infallible Truth 18:40  |  Mark from Georgia 09/11/09
      39.   Time for arabs and Islam to start giving, 18:48  |  Matthew Joseph 09/11/09
      40.   Dutch, try you approach with the likes of Nidal Malik Hasan 19:01  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 09/11/09
      41.   Mark from Georgia....rubbish! 19:11  |  Silvienne 09/11/09
      42.   People can live in peace without religion 19:12  |  Tony Silver 09/11/09
      43.   reasons for resistance 19:13  |  Benjamin Gilbert 09/11/09
      44.   where was your country`s respect for the importance held for jeru 19:34  |  jj 09/11/09
      45.   an excellent post Mark, i have been saying something very simil 19:41  |  jj 09/11/09
      46.   #37 Mark from Georgia 19:48  |  jake 09/11/09
      47.   The world doesn`t care and the King has problems of his own 20:14  |  Mark Lincoln 09/11/09
      48.   Mark of Georgia in desperate need of help 20:21  |  one 09/11/09
      49.   To Mark of Georgia 20:24  |  SMF 09/11/09
      50.   JUST LAUGH AT ABDULLAH 20:46  |  Ian 09/11/09
      51.   WORLD MUST STOP ISLAM 20:54  |  Average Tedd 09/11/09
      52.   # 37 mark 21:10  |  Axel 09/11/09
      53.   Israel have no settlements, is our land! 21:12  |  Dani 09/11/09
      54.   Syria and Jordan`s (Egypt) warnings today 21:31  |  gil62 09/11/09
      55.   What about the hypocrites celebrating in Europe? 21:40  |  Maureen Ann 09/11/09
      56.   #37 Mark from Georgia. No-one trusts anyone 21:42  |  H 09/11/09
      57.   Abdullah is starting to sweat. 21:54  |  4:20 09/11/09
      58.   sh full of sh 22:09  |  SDHD 09/11/09
      59.   Cummings - out of touch 22:14  |  SDHD 09/11/09
      60.   Zoe Brilliant response.And to every word written within it. 22:15  |  Jasmine 09/11/09
      61.   Delusional ONE 22:21  |  SDHD 09/11/09
      62.   Hashemites should Go back to Hedjaz and Medina.. 22:23  |  Salomon S Mizrahi 09/11/09
      63.   @zoe#1 22:51  |  innocent bystander 09/11/09
      64.   # 42 maureen 23:13  |  Axel 09/11/09
      65.   Mark in Georgia "Be careful what you wish for" 23:43  |  Stephen Connor 09/11/09
      66.   you shoots rockets 23:56  |  or your freinds 09/11/09
      67.   SDHD---full of sdhd--sheep and horse dung 3rd try 01:36  |  Labhras 10/11/09
      68.   Netanyhaoo - Please, Please Keep Up The Settlement Building 01:49  |  chet 10/11/09
      69.   #38;jake,we simply disagree the difference 14:47  |  Mark from Georgia 10/11/09
      70.   OPEN LETTER; RESPONSE 15:33  |  Mark from Georgia 10/11/09
      71.   Ian @50 For The last time!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 22:58  |  Jasmine 10/11/09
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