Jordan’s King Abdullah promises to confront ‘terrorists’ after Karak attack
King tells parliament attackers ‘are not of us’ and warns that Israeli expansionism is greatest threat to the region.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II says the kingdom would not be shaken by a deadly attack on a church in the southern city of Karak last month.
Opening a new session of parliament in the capital, Amman, on Monday, Abdullah said “the treacherous hand of terrorism” had reached out “to test the resilience of our state and the resolve of our people”.
“They are not of us,” he said of the attackers. “There is no place for them among us, not today and not tomorrow.”
“Israeli expansionist ambitions are the greatest threat to the future of the region and its security,” he said, adding: “The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues, and successive assaults persist in the West Bank and Jerusalem.”