Jordanian Foreign Minister Lectures German Foreign Minister

Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi gave his German counterpart a severe dressing down in their joint press appearance in Amman:

“We are going to say it very openly and very clearly: supporting this Israeli government is not supporting Israel,” he told Annalena Baerbock. “On the contrary, supporting Israel means standing up to what Israel is doing in terms of violating international law, in terms of violating humanitarian international law, in terms of pushing towards escalation, in terms of killing innocent people. The Palestinians are the biggest victims of this aggression. But the credibility of international law is also a victim. The standing—and I have to be very honest, if I may, Annalena [Baerbock]—the standing of countries like Germany in the region, is also a victim.

“This Israeli government does not care about international law. It has shown that it does not care about international humanitarian law. It has shown that it does not care about peace, and about its friends. And that’s why it has defied even its friends,” he said.

“So the question that should be asked,” he said, “is: ‘Is supporting this Israeli government supporting the long-term interest of Israel in living in a region where it can live in peace, accepted, and normalized with?’ Or should we face the fact that what this Israeli government is doing is rendering Israel a pariah state that will not be accepted in the region, is supporting a precedent of violating international law. As I said, we look to Germany as a country that has been very advanced in protecting international law and international humanitarian law. And so the question that is put on the table: ‘When will Germany impose sanctions on those who clearly violate international law and international humanitarian law?’”