ِAfrasianet - Staying in a state of clash and public break with Israel's right-wing government is not only an expression of a "Jordanian message" as much as it can be considered a strategic prescription that tries to achieve margins and turnovers to face the geopolitical challenge and the wide range of possibilities that could follow the so-called ceasefire initiative in Gaza.
In the geopolitical approach, Jordan remains in a position that no "political-regional settlement" can ignore when the major players want to resolve any file, according to the reading, which I also heard several times from the minister and veteran MP Mazen al-Qadi, the current strongest candidate, just 5 days before the new session of parliament to head the House of Representatives.
The presence of a political figure with a "deep security" background such as al-Qadi at the head of the legislative authority in Amman is a step that some analysts like to read in the context of "preparing for transformations and turnarounds" But it is not and will not be the only step, as it can be said that the change that will take place soon in the institution of the legislative authority is a vital part of a more comprehensive and deeper preventive plan, some of its lines and features may become clear in the next few days.
What General Mahmoud is proposing in this context is the attention of politicians and players, because the geopolitical blockade that the criminal Israeli right is trying to impose on Jordan's regional interests not only in occupied Palestine, but also in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq – can be turned into a political "grant" that involves a prior assessment of the potential and margins.
The Israeli right has proven its aggression that is not to be underestimated in the direction that is against Jordan's interests, provided that observers do not overread the "risks" because the Jordanian experience reads the Israeli erasure, and possesses the tools of influence, response, and engagement, while acknowledging the most serious and important deficiency represented in the "absence of the American ally and friend" when it comes to guarantees to limit the right's expansionist ambitions.
A complete break with the Israeli right and to demonstrate a direct Jordanian readiness based on confidence in the ability to confront and respond within the equation that veteran Senate Speaker Faisal al-Fayez always proposed, when he put forward the equation "We cannot declare war on Israel, but we are ready to defend ourselves."
It also has the direct legal right to use the "military option" in the event of a declaration of war on the Kingdom by annexation or the movement of the population, without classifying the response here as violating the rules of international legitimacy. Israel knows this, and the international community understands it, Al-Qassim said while explaining to Al-Quds Al-Arabi.
Therefore, it can be concluded politically that Amman, aware of the repercussions of the "total rupture" with the Israeli right, is guarding its margins in maneuvering and turning around to improve the negotiating positions in the face of any proposed settlement, which may later justify the amendments that will affect the House of Representatives, as well as the possibility of new "political players" joining the circle of the decision, programming it and implementing the directives.
The continuation of the conflict" is no less than a "realistic Jordanian cry" in the political sense, which has its cost and results, and expresses the strategy and technique of "engagement" in the interim in terms of cost and repercussions, in the hope that the American case will wake up and return to the only path that guarantees Jordan's interests, which is to replace Netanyahu's team specialized in "perpetuating the conflict" with another team that cooperates with the resumption of a peace process or some settlement, the minimum of which is to avoid "annexing the West Bank." It provides any possibility of "adapting" to Israel's expansionist war group.
In the meantime, there are steps to fortify the home front, an exceptional rapprochement with Europe, the scenario of "unifying the Arab word," and the continued pumping of the American direction diplomatically with a "tone" that is preparing for all possibilities in the face of the expansion path proposed by the current Tel Aviv staff.