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Jordan says Israel barrier threatens the kingdom
Jordan said on Monday that the West Bank fence will interfere with establishing a stable Palestinian state and have a spillover effect that will threaten neighboring countries. In a speech to the United Nations, Foreign Minister Marwan Muashar said the barrier will interfere with the establishment of a viable independent Palestinian state and harm all aspects of Palestinian political, social and economic life. "This set of circumstances is bound to have spill-over implications into neighboring countries, especially Jordan ... The separation wall threatens the national security" of the kingdom, he said.
| Perhaps you should have sat on your cousins a little earlier, eh? |
This is not the first time Muashar has made such comments. In an July 31 interview with Haaretz, Muashar called the fence a "grave national security threat," saying that a viable Palestinian state is necessary to prevent mass Palestinian immigration from Israel into Jordan. Muasher added at the time that Jordan did not oppose the fence itself, ...
... but stated that the current route prevented the creation of a viable Palestinian state. In the speech, Muashar called for a revived peace process to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the U.S. "road kill" "road map" that demands specific steps from both sides.
Posted by: Steve White 2004-09-28 |
