Jordan Shows Solidarity with Palestine, Says Jerusalem, Its Sanctities Red Line

Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ayman Safadi affirmed on Sunday that the Palestinian cause has been and will remain the region's central issue.

"No comprehensive peace or security or stability can be achieved without ending the occupation of Jerusalem which must be the capital of an independent Palestinian state on pre-June 1967 lines," Safadi asserted while addressing an extraordinary virtual meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Moreover, Safadi stressed that Jerusalem and its sanctities are a red line, saying: "Protecting the Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem and preserving its Arab, Islamic and Christian identity will remain the supreme duty for which the Custodian, His Majesty King Abdullah II, devotes all of Jordan's capabilities."

He reaffirmed that Jordan will continue to stand with all its capabilities on the side of the Palestinian brothers to find an end to their injustice and fulfill all their legitimate rights to a free and dignified life.

"Our emergency meeting today is a message that the Islamic world stands united against the illegal, immoral and inhumane Israeli attacks and practices in occupied Jerusalem and its sanctities and in the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories, and against the aggression on Gaza," he noted.

"Israel is pushing the entire region towards more tension and conflict, and threatening all chances of achieving a just and comprehensive peace," the deputy prime minister warned.