By opening up an office in Jordan, NATO intends to strengthen its security position in West Asia, as well as provide the ground for the creation of an “Arab-Israeli NATO” in favor of Israel.
With the arrival of NATO in Jordan and the establishment of an official office in this Arab country, it seems that the West has begun a serious effort to strengthen its influence in West Asia, which may lead to the creation of an ” Arab-Israeli NATO” in favor of Israel.
Thanks to the establishment of this office in Jordan, NATO can now work more closely with its regional partners, including Jordan itself, and coalitions in Iraq, Tunisia and Mauritania, as well as various neighboring countries in the Mediterranean and the Persian Gulf. However, Jordan’s foreign policy situation, its geostrategic position and its role in regional developments are different for NATO from the other partners mentioned above.
But NATO is facing challenges to advance its new agenda in the region centered on Jordan. The people of Jordan are worried about current developments in Palestine. With Israel’s increasing efforts to displace Palestinians not only from Gaza, but also from the West Bank and the Jordan Valley region, this Arab country fears that a wave of displaced Palestinians will soon rush into Jordan’s borders.
In light of this concern on the part of Jordanian society, questions about what kind of logistical support the Jordanian government will need to manage such an emergency, and what kind of civil crisis management will be needed to deal with this situation, remain unanswered for Jordanians.
Jordan and Israel in search for a new NATO in Middle East!
However, King Abdullah bin Hussein of Jordan now appears to be revisiting his long-held vision of an “Arab-Israeli NATO” that he espoused following his alarmist theory of a “Shiite crescent” in West Asia. By letting NATO establish an office in Amman, he seems to have revived his yearn to realize this idea.
The establishment of a NATO liaison office in Amman can be the first step towards this long-standing goal of his, which has been the case in recent years, especially in secret Negev meetings between Israel, the United States and some Arab countries, including Jordan itself.
Surprisingly enough, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated the request of the King of Jordan this Wednesday and called for the creation of a regional defense alliance of countries to confront Iran in the Middle East.
In his Wednesday speech in US Congress, Netanyahu compared such an alliance with NATO and called it “a security alliance in every sense”.
“Such a coalition, whose goal is to counter Iran’s influence, spread of terrorism and nuclear ambitions of Tehran, should be formed as soon as possible for regional and global stability,” he said.
