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Trump and his whole administration is extremely pro-Israel, even by the standards of US administrations. Jordan is 95% Muslim and around a quarter of the popula
by ifwinterco 10mo ago
Trump and his whole administration is extremely pro-Israel, even by the standards of US administrations. Jordan is 95% Muslim and around a quarter of the population are Palestinian refugees, so I suspect that has something to do with it
- TacticalCoder 10mo agoNo matter if one is pro-israel or not, there are reasons to not want your country to become an islamist country ruled by sharia (Jordan is partially ruled by sharia law).
- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago> Jordan is 95% Muslim And the second Arab country to recognise Israel [1]. (After Egypt. Also on the list.) In June, Amman was probably "intercepting some of the missiles and drones en route to Israel, with debris from those interceptions causing damage in some instances" [2]. The Israel hypothesis does not hold for this list. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Jordan_peace_treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Jordan_peace_tr... [2] https://www.timesofisrael.com/caught-in-the-crossfire-jordan-quietly-shields-israel-as-iranian-shrapnel-rains-down/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/caught-in-the-crossfire-jordan...
- ifwinterco 10mo agoThe Jordanian government is reluctantly pro-Israel by necessity, but the vast majority of the population (and especially the 25% that are Palestinian refugees, for very obvious reasons) are not