The King of Jordan attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Friday. He spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Jordan will not take over the West Bank.
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“Jordan does not want any part of the West Bank,” King Abdullah II said. “The only credible solution, is the two state solution. There is no Jordanian solution.”
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According to the King, if rule over the territory was transferred to his country, it would instead “replace Israeli military rule with Jordanian military rule…and the Palestinians want their own state.”
Sitting in the audience was Abdullah’s wife, Queen Rania, who proudly tweeted about the King’s comments about protecting Jordanians.
“If someone threatens my people I have the right to defend them,” Rania quoted her husband on Twitter.
On Thursday, Abdullah met with Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres after reports suggested relations between the two have become strained. During the cordial meeting, the King expressed concern over the Mideast peace process which seems to have stalled.
Meanwhile, Queen Rania is doing more than just tweeting in Davos. She held a press conference on Friday with Milan mayor Letizia Moratti to launch a women’s advisory board for the 2015 World’s Fair and its theme, “Feed the Planet, Energy for Life.”
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“Who’s at greatest risk when food crises arise, when disaster strikes, when water and fuel are in short supply: women and their children,” Rania said.
“And we see this all too clearly in Haiti today where women are rising from the ashes of the earthquake to create shelters from the rubble, to cook stews on the pavements and to comfort the suffering even as they count their own losses.”
“That’s why I’m keen to get working with this group so we can really reach out to women, especially in my region, the Middle East, where cultural traditions still hold women back from realizing their full potential,” Queen Rania said. “And I really want to see them as being equal partners and progress.”
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