Meeting of Jordanian Foreign Minister with EU High Representative
According to the statement made by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep BorrellDuring this meeting, Minister Safadi underlined that the European Union should take concrete and practical deterrent steps against Israel’s ongoing attacks on Gaza, as well as the violation of the rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank.
“There is no justification for the failure of the international community and its institutions to take sufficient steps to put an end to Israel’s war crimes and violations of international and humanitarian law against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank,” Safadi said. He also called on the European Union to impose sanctions on fanatic Israeli officials who promote hate speech and racism and support settler terrorism.
Minister Safadi, especially the Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-GvirCondemning the raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, he stressed that such actions clearly violated the existing historical and legal situation and that this situation required deterrent sanctions. He also stated that the European Union should stand against Israel’s continued construction and expansion of settlements in Palestinian territories in violation of international law.
Safadi said it was imperative to stop Israeli attacks on Gaza. During the meeting, Safadi and Borrell expressed support for efforts by Egypt, Qatar and the United States to reach a prisoner swap agreement between Israel and Hamas.
In recent days, it was reported that a new process for ceasefire negotiations has been launched under the mediation of Qatar, Egypt and the United States due to Israel continuing its devastating war in Gaza. It was stated that these negotiations started today in Doha, the capital of Qatar, but Hamas did not participate in the process.
In a joint statement released on August 8, the mediator countries called on Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations on August 15 in Cairo or Doha for a ceasefire in Gaza and a prisoner swap. Hamas responded to this call by saying, “We, as well as the Egyptian and Qatari mediators, know the intentions and positions of Israel and the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. However, we approached the latest proposal positively; however, Israel put forward new conditions “That had not been put forward before during the negotiation process.”
US President Joe BidenOn May 31, Netanyahu announced a three-phase ceasefire plan, which was said to be Israel’s proposal. This plan included a permanent ceasefire, Israel’s withdrawal from all of Gaza, the mutual release of hostages and details, the return of displaced Palestinians to Gaza, the uninterrupted and sufficient delivery of humanitarian aid, and the reconstruction of Gaza. However, Netanyahu later put forward new conditions regarding the prisoner swap negotiations; these conditions included “preventing armed Palestinians from returning from the south to the north and the Israeli army remaining in the Philadelphia Corridor on the border of Gaza and Egypt.”
