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17.07.2022

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Saudi coups attempt in Jordan:

The rumor that almost cost the king in his throne

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Saudi Arabia's alliance with Prince Hamza has been intended to change Jordan's policy, a Palestinian source told us this week. The source added that Abdullah's policy towards Syria was reflected in the fact that he did not sever ties with it nor with President Bashar al-Assad and did not expel his ambassador to Amman. tipp adds that this reality prevents an ideological continuum against Syria and Iran. Jordan has not even rescinded the agreements with Syria, and it apparently hopes to take an economic part in the restoration of the country that was destroyed in the civil war, for the sake of the Jordanian economy. In the way Jordan treated Syria, it even left a window for dialogue with Iran and Hezbollah. A Jordanian dialogue with Syria and Iran interrupts an ideological and territorial continuity from Israel to Riyadh and does not allow for the creation of a single, unequivocal, and united front of Saudi Arabia and Israel against Syria and Iran. The interruption of this ideological continuum by King Abdullah, is apparently behind the conspiracy against him, on the part of Saudi Arabia and on the part of Saudi Arabia's ally in Jordan, Prince Hamza.
Saudi Arabia has taken advantage of three important details to advance its plan to replace the regime in Jordan. One, it has sharpened in Jordan a rumor that has been spread about King Abdullah, apparently by his opponents in the original Jordanian tribes. The rumor concerns the king's financial conduct, which we do not repeat here, as tipp examined it for several weeks, and found no evidence of it.
The second detail: Saudi Arabia's attempt to exploit the indignation of elements in the original Jordanian tribes, against King Abdullah. It must be said that since Abdullah I founded Jordan after the First World War, with the support of England, he has succeeded in bringing the former Jordanian tribes to take part in the establishment of the state as well as in its existence; This reality was also preserved by Abdullah I's grandson, Hussein, who is the father of King Abdullah II, the current king of Jordan. The destruction of the original Jordanian tribes' support for the king could lead to a deep political crisis in Jordan, which is exactly what the failed coup attempt caused: it deepened the political crisis in Jordan.
The third detail is the establishment of a Saudi alliance with the king's brother, Hamza, who was formerly the Jordanian regent to the throne, and his brother Abdullah ousted him and appointed his son in his place.
The Jordanian king, as we reported last week, traveled to Saudi Arabia immediately after discovering the conspiracy against him and after arresting his brother, and in Riyadh he demanded guarantees for his rule. A few months after the coup attempt, the Saudi heir, who has already caused one international political crisis, visited Jordan when, according to his order, according to the United States, the journalist Khashoggi was murdered at the Riyadh embassy in Istanbul. It should be noted in this context that the Palestinian Authority is close to Jordan's table, and that it maintains deep and long-term political relations with it, which have even been strengthened recently, thus, if Abdullah's Jordan seeks to maintain and perhaps even sharpen its ties with Syria, which may result in closer ties with Iran, this course of action may also characterize the action of the Palestinian Authority. If the PA has significant ties with Iran, the reality towards Israel could change greatly, as they will be added to Hamas' close ties with Iran, and perhaps even to a critical mass of Palestinian diplomatic relations with Iran.