King Abdullah II met spoke to Al-Jazeera television earlier Tuesday, and expressed a conspiracy against the people in the Palestinian territories. 
The King said he felt there was concern over the Palestinian’s future and their right to establish a state.
“We must be aware of the conspiracy and, God willing, by the same team spirit as Arab countries will stop the Israeli agenda as quickly,” the King said.
He added that he is working in cooperation with the Arab states and Western countries to stop the aggression on Gaza immediately.
“We, as Arab and in cooperation with some Western countries are exerting our utmost efforts and we pressure on the Israeli government and Israeli army to stop the aggression immediately,” King Abdullah affirmed.
He stressed that the Jordanian people are the closest to the Palestinian people and they stand with them “with all our capabilities.”
The remarks to Al-Jazeera came after a meeting with the delegation of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars headed by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
A palace statement said the King told the influential Sunni cleric that “intensified efforts are needed to protect the Palestinians from the conspiracy that target their right to establish an independent state.”
Also on Tuesday, King Abdullah met with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss the humanitarian and political crisis in Gaza. Blair is the envoy for the Middle East Quartet, which is made up of the European Union, Russia, the United States and the United Nations.
Blair gave an interview to the BBC Radio about the situation in Gaza.
He said returning Gaza to “some sort of civilisation” and reuniting it with the West Bank was “the only solution in the end”.
Blair added, however, that it was “really, really difficult to judge” whether Hamas were prepared to strike a deal.
“The truth is for anyone living in Gaza, it’s hell. It’s bound to be. You’ve got a situation where you’re in an effective warzone,” he said.
Blair said one of the most frustrating things about his job was that a peaceful settlement between Israel and the Palestinians was achievable.
Since Israel launched its operation against Hamas on Dec. 27, more than 635 Palestinians have been killed, including upwards of 160 children, and more than 2,700 have been wounded, emergency services inside Gaza say.
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