It never surprises me at the extent of the hatred and insanity that our so-called Peace partners will go to in order to destroy any semblance of peace in the region.
Attempted Assassination of Israeli Officials in Jordan; Poll Shows Jordanians Hold Nearly Unanimously Negative Attitudes Toward Israel and By a 2-1 Margin Support the Use of Rocket Attacks against the Jewish State
Anniversary of Peace Treaty Between Israel and Jordan
Key Findings from Two National Surveys
Israeli Army Radio has reported that two explosive devices were detonated near a car carrying three Israeli diplomats today (Jan. 14) in Jordan. The attack occurred near the Allenby Bridge crossing between Jordan and the West Bank. The Israeli Foreign Ministry at this time is not commenting on the attempted assassination of Israeli officials. No one was hurt in the attack.[1]
Following is information on Jordanian attitudes towards Israel.
On the fifteenth anniversary of peace between Israel and Jordan, a new poll commissioned by The Israel Project (TIP) shows intense Jordanian hostility toward the Jewish state. The poll, face-to-face interviews of 250 Jordanians, was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research (GQRR) as part of a larger study for TIP that included interviews with 250 Gazans, 250 people in the West Bank and 500 Egyptians.
The poll found that the Jordanian public, comprised largely of Palestinians, is opposed to accepting and engaging Israel. Not a single respondent gives Israel a favorable rating, a level of rejection that GQRR has never seen toward anyone or any entity in its 29-year history as a firm. In Jordan, Israel gets 99 percent very cool ratings (ratings between 0-25 on a scale that ranges from 0 to 100).
Even 15 years after peace was made between Israel and Jordan, Jordanians have not reconciled themselves to the existence or permanence of Israel as a Jewish state. Less than a quarter of respondents in Jordan think Israel has the right to exist, and three-quarters think Israel is “not necessarily here to stay as a permanent Jewish state.” It is not surprising, therefore, to find that most Jordanians also oppose the country’s diplomatic relations with Israel.
Nevertheless, Jordanians are divided over a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians; and they largely agree (50 to 35 percent) that in retrospect, Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat should have accepted President Clinton’s peace proposals at Camp David. That said, a strong majority of Jordanians, 66 percent, believe that peace between the Palestinians and Israel is not likely in the next five years.
While a slight majority believes the Palestinians should negotiate directly with Israel, the Jordanians continue to support terrorism and targeting civilians. In Jordan, three-quarters agree that targeting Israeli civilians or sending suicide bombers is justified to fight the occupation and defend the Palestinians.
And while the Gaza crisis produced support for stopping the rocket attacks among Egyptians and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, Jordanians are an outlier, supporting the continuing use of rocket attacks by a 2-1 margin.
“Jordan has a very large Palestinian population, but they are out of the line of fire in the West Bank and Gaza. On a number of measures, Jordanians are very rejectionist and stand out from their neighbors,” said Stanley Greenberg, Ph.D., the chairman of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner.
Said Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, founder and president of The Israel Project, “The data show that most Jordanians get their information on Israel from the Arab media – and the attitudes resulting from what they see are catastrophic. It is critical for Jordan to open up their TV shows to the reality of the many coexistence projects that are enabling Jews and Arabs to work together to create jobs and hope.”
Above are key findings from a nationally representative survey fielded July 8-16, 2009 in Jordan of 257 respondents with a margin of error of +/- 6.1 percent. Click here for more information on data from the poll in Egypt, and click here for more information on data from the poll in Gaza and the West Bank.
Anniversary of Peace Treaty Between Israel and Jordan
Monday (Oct. 26) will mark the fifteenth anniversary of the peace accord between Israel and Jordan. The agreement, signed Oct. 26, 1994 at the Arabah border crossing between the two countries, was Israel’s second peace treaty with an Arab state; Israel signed an earlier peace deal with Egypt in 1979.[2]
The peace treaty settled differences between Jerusalem and Amman over a number of significant issues. Apart from the actual declaration of peace, it finalized the border between the countries; created an agreement over water issues; guaranteed access and respect for mutual holy places; and normalized diplomatic and economic relations.[3]
Relations between Israel and Jordan encompass a number of issues on which there is significant cooperation and collaboration. Trade between the two countries continues to grow, as does the tourism industry. Israel has assisted Jordan with agricultural development; Jordanians have participated in agricultural workshops in Israel; and Israeli experts have visited Jordan. There have also been plans to solve the problem of the decreasing level of the Dead Sea which lies within both Israeli and Jordanian territory.[4]
However, ongoing political problems in the region, specifically between Israel and the Palestinians, add strain to relations between Amman and Jerusalem. Tensions over the peace process, violence emanating from Gaza and concerns over holy sites in Jerusalem present continued challenges to the Israel-Jordan relationship.[5]
Key events in Israel-Jordan history
May 1948-March 1949: The Arab Legion of Transjordan attacks Zionist forces inside Mandate Palestine, invades the West Bank and occupies the territory.[6]
April 1950: King Hussein of Jordan annexes the West Bank.[7]
June 1967: The Jordanian army enters the Six-Day War against Israel and shells western Jerusalem. Israeli forces attack and conquer both eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank.[8]
July 31, 1988: King Hussein of Jordan renounces Jordan’s claim to the West Bank.[9]
Oct. 26, 1994: Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty.[10]
October 1995: A cooperation agreement is reached to expand economic and social development between the two countries, leading to Jordanian participation in agricultural and health-related courses in Israel.[11]
Jan. 18, 1996: An agreement is sealed on mutual cultural and scientific relations, allowing for Jordanian students to study for advanced degrees in Israeli universities.[12]
Sept. 8, 1999: Jordanian and Israeli tourism ministers meet and discuss increasing tourism cooperation between the two countries.[13]
April 16, 2001: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abed el-Ilah Khatib in Israel.[14]
Aug. 10, 2002: Israel and Jordan launch a joint plan to divert water from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea in order to halt the latter’s sea level from continuing to decline.[15]
Dec. 2, 2003: Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom meets Jordanian counterpart Marwan Jamil Al-Muasher during the Barcelona Conference in Naples.[16]
December 2003: Israel and Jordan sign an agreement creating a data-monitoring management system in the Gulf of Aqaba.[17]
March 9, 2004: A joint desert science research center is initiated on the Israeli-Jordanian border.[18]
May 16, 2004: Israel and Jordan sign a trade pact allowing for a large number of goods to pass between the two countries, duty-free.[19]
April 30, 2008: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Amman and meets Jordanian King Abdullah.[20]
May 14, 2009: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with King Abdullah in Jordan.[21]
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Other interesting news items from the Israel Project.
U.S. National Security Advisor James Jones Visits West Bank as Hamas’s Rearmament and Incitement Continues in Gaza
Turkey Airs Anti-Israel TV Show as Palestinian Authority Increases Culture of Hate
Israel Makes Strides for Peace with Palestinians in 1st Year of Obama Presidency
U.S. national security adviser James Jones is due to meet with Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank Thursday (Jan. 14) in a bid to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Jones’s trip there comes after he spent two days in Israel meeting with Israeli officials. No talks have taken place since Abbas rejected a comprehensive peace deal made by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in December 2008.[1]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters in Washington this past week that the United States would seek “an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles…the Palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the 1967 lines, with agreed swaps, and the Israeli goal of a Jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet Israeli security requirements.”[2] However, the Palestinian goal she mentioned is not shared by Hamas in Gaza or even by all in the West Bank. Indeed, despite the fact that conditions in the West Bank have improved considerably, the PA still refuses to negotiate with Israel. Israel has removed numerous checkpoints and roadblocks and has also enacted a number of policies designed to boost the Palestinian economy.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, Iran-backed Hamas continues to spend its money and resources on acquiring weapons and rebuilding its military infrastructure. At the same time, its program of incitement and indoctrination against Israel continues apace. Hamas’s various media outlets routinely falsely depict Israelis and Jews as intentional murderers or civilians, and clerics associated with the terrorist group preach about the future destruction of Israel and the extermination of Jews.[3]
Recent Examples of Hamas’s Incitement
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On Dec. 14, senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said at a rally in Gaza, “This movement [Hamas] liberated the Gaza Strip with the help of the militant factions…Brothers and sisters, we will not be satisfied with Gaza…Hamas looks toward the whole of Palestine.”[4]
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Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV aired a cartoon film on Jan. 1 that depicted an Israeli settler massacring Palestinian children and then licking blood off his lips.[5] The general theme of the film is that the PA betrays the Palestinian cause by cooperating with Israel and seeking peace.[6]
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In September, an episode of Hamas children’s program “Tomorrows Pioneers” was broadcast in which the costumed character Nassur the Bear tells the program’s child host, “There won’t be any Jews or Zionists, if Allah wills. They’ll be erased… We want to slaughter them, so they will be expelled from our land, right?…And if they don’t want [to go] peacefully, by words or talking, we’ll have to [do it] by slaughter.”[7]
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Hamas cleric Ziad Abu al-Haj said in a sermon on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV station, “The time will come, by the will of Allah, when their property will be destroyed and their children will be exterminated, and no Jew or Zionist will be left on the face of this earth.”[8]
Abu al-Haj continued, “Israel today lives in the heart of Arab-Muslim territory, and it is a cancer that wants to rule the world.” In addition, Abu al-Haj discussed the infamous anti-Semitic forgery The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, saying that it accurately sets out Jewish plans for world domination.[9]
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Palestinian-American columnist, satirist and founder of Yalla Peace, Ray Hanania, said in a recent article that pro-Hamas bias in the mainstream Arab media is an obstacle to peace. Hanania said that the Arab media glorifies “religious extremism and even violent attacks” and, along with so-called peace activists who support Hamas, threaten the possibility of an eventual peace deal.[10]
Recent Polling Data of Palestinians
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In July and August, a poll was conducted in Egypt, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for The Israel Project. The poll found that 56 percent of Gazans oppose a two state solution compared to 33 percent who support it and that 43 percent of those polled in Gaza support continued rocket attacks against Israel.[11] By contrast, 69 percent of Palestinians in the West Bank stated that they did believe in such a solution.[12]
Another interesting news item today. this one from MEMRI
Gaza Residents Enraged Over Hamas IEDs In Densely Populated Areas
A website close to Fatah claims that Hamas militias are placing powerful IEDs near densely populated buildings in Gaza in regions far from the border with Israel, as part of preparations for war with Israel.
It was reported that this is infuriating the residents and sparking clashes between them and Hamas members.
Source: Alaahd.com
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