THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND AS WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT THE TENSIONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, JOINING US NOW IS JORDAN'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHO'S IN NEW YORK TODAY. TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT JORDAN -- HOW JORDAN NOW SEES THIS PICTURE BECAUSE YOU ARE MORE VULNERABLE THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER OF THE ARAB NEIGHBORS. YOU HAVE A LARGE PALESTINIAN POPULATION. YOU'VE SEEN THE DEVASTATION IN GAZA, AND YOU TOOK THE STEP OF SHOOTING DOWN IRANIAN DRONES THAT WERE AIMED TOWARDS ISRAEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I MEAN, WE ARE WHERE WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO BRING AN END TO THIS WAR, TRYING TO WORK

AGAINST DE-ESCALATION, THE DANGER OF ESCALATION IS REAL, AND ALL OF US HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PREVENT IT. WE DID WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT WE WILL NOT ALLOW IRAN OR ISRAEL TO TURN JORDAN INTO A BATTLEGROUND. WE WILL TAKE ANY PROJECTILES THAT THREATEN OUR PEOPLES AND VIOLATE OUR SOVEREIGNTY, AND POSE A THREAT TO JORDANIANS, AND WE MADE THIS CLEAR TO BOTH ISRAEL AND IRAN. I THINK THE FOCUS NOW SHOULD BE WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FROM THE VERY, VERY BEGINNING. WE NEED END -- IN GAZA AND THE SUFFERING IT'S CAUSING, AND WORK TOWARDS AN IRREVERSIBLE, CREDIBLE TRACK TOWARDS A JUST AND LASTING PEACE THAT WILL ENSURE SECURITY.

FOR BOTH PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS. I THINK WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL TO ALL. THE SITUATION IS TOO DANGEROUS: THE CHANCES OF REGIONAL EXPLOSION ARE REAL, AND THAT HAS GOT TO STOP, AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO FURTHER ESCALATION. IRAN RETALIATED AGAINST THE ATTACK ON ITS CONSULATE IN DAMASCUS. I THINK NOW THE PRESSURE SHOULD BE ON ISRAEL NOT TO RETALIATE AND TO FOCUS ON ENDING THE WAR AND CREATING A FUTURE OF PEACE FOR ITS PEOPLE AND FOR THE PALESTINIANS AND FOR EVERYONE ELSE. >> AND YOU SAW WHAT PRESIDENT RAISI IN IRAN SAID. ISRAEL'S WAR CABINET SAID THEY

WILL RETALIATE. WHAT ARE THE RISKS HERE IF  ISRAEL DOES STRIKE TERRITORIAL  IRAN RATHER THAN A PROXY? >> THE RISKS ARE ENORMOUS. THAT COULD DRIVE THE WHOLE  REGION INTO WAR, WHICH WOULD BE  DEVASTATING TO US IN THE REGION, AND WOULD HAVE VERY, VERY  SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE  REST OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE  U.S. SO I THINK THE MESSAGE THAT  SHOULD BE DRIVEN TO ALL IS THAT  ESCALATION WILL HELP NO ONE. THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN PREVENT THIS FROM ESCALATING IS TO,  AGAIN, STOP THE WAR AND GET BACK TO A REAL PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THE  TWO-STATE SOLUTION THAT WILL --  SECURITY FOR BOTH PALESTINIANS  AND ISRAELIS. I HAVE TO BE VERY UNEQUIVOCAL  HERE, ANDREA. JORDAN WILL NOT BE -- WE'RE IN

THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRE. BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO UNDERSTAND. WE'LL DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT OUR OWN AND PREVENT THIS ESCALATION. AND ALSO, THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DRAG THE U.S. AND OTHER WESTERN POWERS INTO A WAR WITH IRAN. NOR SHOULD HE USE THIS TENSION WITH IRAN TO DRAW ATTENTION AWAY FROM THE REAL THREAT NOW, WHICH IS THE CONTINUATION OF THE WAR ON GAZA, WHICH HAS KILLED OVER 33,000 PEOPLE, 13,000 CHILDREN. PEACE, SECURITY IS RIGHT FOR ALL PEOPLES OF THE REGIONS, FOR PALESTINIANS, FOR ISRAELIS. THE PATH TO THIS PEACE IS NOT WAR. THE PATH TO THIS PEACE IS NEGOTIATIONS THAT WOULD DELIVER A SOLUTION THAT WILL FULFILL THE

LEGITIMATE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIANS AND ADDRESS AND GUARANTEE THE SECURITY OF ISRAEL. >> HAMAS HAS SO FAR SAID THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE 40 HOSTAGES TO TURN OVER IN THE LATEST DEAL IN THOSE CATEGORIES OF WOMEN, CHILDREN INJURED, THE ELDERLY. IN JUST THE FEW SECONDS THAT WE HAVE LEFT, DO YOU THINK THE HOSTAGE TALKS NOW ARE FRUITLESS AND THE CEASEFIRE TALKS, OR CAN THEY EVER BE REVIVED? >> WE HAVE TO ALL DO WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TALKS SUCCEED BECAUSE THEY ARE A WAY INTO GETTING US INTO CALMING DOWN THE SITUATION, WHICH WE ALL NEED. EGYPT, THE U.S., WE ALL ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY

SUCCEED AND OVERCOME WHATEVER CHALLENGES. AND EVERYBODY, AGAIN, NEEDS TO FOCUS ON THE BROADER PICTURE, WHICH IS THIS WAR, THIS DESTRUCTION, THIS HATRED THAT IS ENGULFING THE WHOLE REGION. WILL BENEFIT NO ONE. THE INTEREST OF PALESTINIANS AND ISRAELIS IS TO GET OVER THIS AND START IMMEDIATELY ON WORKING EFFECTIVELY AND IRREVERSIBLY ON A SOLUTION THAT WILL GUARANTEE PEACE FOR ALL AND WILL MAKE SURE THAT NEITHER THE PALESTINIANS

Jordanian Minister: To prevent regional escalation, Israel and Hamas must ‘stop the war’

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Jordanian Minister: To prevent regional escalation, Israel and Hamas must ‘stop the war’

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