His recent meetings with tribal leaders across Jordan and posts on Twitter in 2018 that included the stirring words, “Oh my country,” caused a stir in the kingdom. His close ties with tribal figures and visits to tribal elders at their invitation was broadly viewed as his way of showing his relevance and closeness to people. The situation in Jordan was being watched closely in neighboring Israel, which signed a peace treaty with the kingdom in 1994 and maintains close security ties with it. A conversation took place on Saturday night between senior Jordanian officials and their Israeli military and internal security counterparts, according to an Israeli official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to talk about sensitive security and diplomatic issues. The Israeli official said Israel viewed the event as potentially very significant and that officials there could not recall a similar event in Jordan’s past.

Source: International New York Times April 03, 2021 18:37 UTC