JORDAN - Terror Attack Celebrated in Amman
The Allenby Bridge Crossing between Israel and Jordan reopened to pedestrians but remained closed to trucks after Amman released a meager condemnation of a terror attack by a Jordanian truck driver at the crossing in which he murdered three Israelis. The killings were celebrated on the streets of the Jordanian capital.
According to the report, the two sides discussed how to improve security conditions at the border crossing and shared information that could help with the investigation into the attack, as cooperation between the two nations continues.
However, it took some 14 hours for Jordan’s Foreign Ministry to issue a statement containing a brief condemnation of the terror shooting attack.
The ministry stressed “Jordan’s firm position rejecting and condemning violence and targeting civilians for any reason.”
While the ministry issued its tepid statement, thousands of Jordanians celebrated on the streets of Amman, claiming the gunman had avenged the deaths of thousands of Palestinians in the war in Gaza.
Videos posted to social media showed fireworks being set off during the demonstration.
People waved Jordanian flags, and there were reports of Israeli flags being burned at the event.
Israeli security guards returned fire at the terrorist, killing him.
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994 and have close security ties. Dozens of trucks cross daily from Jordan, with goods from Jordan and the Gulf that supply both the West Bank and Israeli markets.
-www.timesofisrael.com, 9 September 2024
Arno's Commentary
The bridge is also known as “Peace Bridge”; yet, as the article documents, there is little peace, cooperation, and love for the Jewish State.
The population of Jordan stands at 11+ million. Average life expectancy is 76.5 years, and the infant mortality rate is 13.2 deaths per thousand live births. Per capita GDP is $9,400. Compare that to Israel: GDP per capita is $48,300, life expectancy is 83.1 years, and the infant mortality rate is 2.8. Clearly, one sees the drastic difference between these two states.
The original British Mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948 included the country of Jordan, which gained independence on 25 May 1946 and occupies significantly more than half of the original Palestine.
The territory on the west side of the Jordan River was planned to be divided between Arab Palestinians and Jews. The United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of creating a Jewish and an Arab state. The Jews jubilantly accepted the UN partition decision, but the
Arabs—without exception—totally and unconditionally rejected it.
Here we must mention that part of Jordan is actually Promised Land; such is also the case with Syria and Lebanon. That is where the conflict lies: Arab-occupied Israeli territory.
Psalm 83:2-7 proclaims: “For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.”
Interestingly, the capital city of Jordan is Amman, after the Biblical Ammon. The Psalm concludes: “Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: That men may know
that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth” (verses 16-18).
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
