Jordanian King Wants East al-Quds as Capital of Palestinian State

Jordanian King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein has criticized US President Donald Trump’s recognition of al-Quds as the capital of Israel, stating that East al-Quds must be the capital of a future independent Palestinian state.

During talks with US Vice President Mike Pence in Amman on Sunday, King Abdullah pointed to the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the US move would fuel radicalism.

“For us, Jerusalem (al-Quds) is key to Muslims and Christians, as it is to Jews. It is key to peace in the region and key to enabling Muslims to effectively fight some of our root causes of radicalization,” he said.

 The report comes as Israeli Hebrew-language Haaretz newspaper said the Israeli ministry for military affairs had confirmed the army was studying a plan to assume responsibility for the situation in the Shuafat refugee camp and the KafrAqab district in East al-Quds.

Those areas are in the jurisdiction of al-Quds, but are cut off from the rest of the occupied city by Israel’s apartheid wall, which has been under construction since 2002.

The International community considers Israel’s administrative control over East al-Quds as occupation since the regime invaded the area during the 1967 Arab War and then annexed it.

On December 6 last year, Trump announced his decision to recognize al-Quds as Israel’s capital and relocate the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the occupied city.

The dramatic shift in Washington’s policy vis-à-vis the city triggered demonstrations in the occupied Palestinian territories, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco and other Muslim countries.

On December 21, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the US to withdraw its controversial recognition of al-Quds as Israeli “capital.”

In an attempt to avert the resolution, Trump had warned that “we’re watching,” threatening reprisals against countries that backed the measure, which had earlier faced a US veto at the UN Security Council.

Israel, however, rejected the world body’s resolution while thanking Trump for his decision to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds.

On Thursday, the United States reneged on a pledge to contribute $45 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which supports more than 5 million registered Palestinian refugees and their descendants.

Earlier in January, the US had withheld a separate $65 million it had planned to pay UNRWA, saying the agency needed to make unspecified reforms.

The announcement to cut aid to Palestinian refugees came after the US president made a threat to cut off aid to the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency.

In a series of tweets on January 2, Trump said that the US paid “the Palestinians hundreds of millions of dollars a year” and yet gets “no appreciation or respect.”

 “But with the Palestinians no longer willing to talk peace, why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?” he asked.

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