JORDAN, Dec 6: Jordan’s King Hussein accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday of demolishing “the peace with the Palestinians”.
In a letter to Jordan’s Prime Minister, broadcast on state radio, the King said Netanyahu seemed to want to plant a fear of peace in the Israeli society instead of a serious drive towards attaining it. It appears that there is a continuous effort by the Israeli Prime Minister to demolish … Israeli-Palestinian accords and to change the essence and facets of the peace process,” Hussein said.
Hussein said peace would remove all the “causes of fear” while its absence threatens a certain coming catastrophe. “These are times characterized by uncertainty and confusion, even bordering on apprehension towards the quest of a just and comprehensive peace,” he said.
“Peace is not just signed papers, but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.”In the letter, the King told PM Abdul-Salam Majali to pursue closer ties with the Palestinians.