Jordan slams Netanyahu’s expansionist ‘Greater Israel’ remarks
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Jordan condemns Netanyahu’s "Greater Israel" claims as a dangerous provocation violating Arab states’ sovereignty and international law.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the opening ceremony of the Knesset Museum in the old building of the Israeli parliament, in occupied al-Quds, Monday, August 11, 2025. (AP)
Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday denounced statements by Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding his alleged “Greater Israel” vision, which he claimed extends into Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.
The ministry rejected the remarks, calling them a dangerous and provocative escalation that threatens the sovereignty of states and violates international law.
“These absurd delusions reflected in statements by Israeli officials will not affect Jordan and the Arab states,” the ministry said in an official statement.
It added that such rhetoric and actions reflect the deep crisis facing the Israeli government, coinciding with its growing international isolation.
'Spiritual mission' to realize 'Greater Israel'
Israeli occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his commitment to the so-called “Greater Israel” vision, telling i24 News that he views himself as being on a “historic and spiritual mission.”
Netanyahu said he was “very” attached to the concept, which he described as encompassing areas slated for a future Palestinian state as well as territory that is part of present-day Jordan and Egypt.
The remarks are likely to fuel further regional tensions, as the “Greater Israel” narrative is widely regarded in the Arab world as a direct threat to the sovereignty of neighboring states and a violation of international law.
'Israel' looks to take over Gaza
After 22 months of war, approximately 1 million Palestinians, already displaced, living in tents or ruins, and suffering from hunger and lack of medical care, face another crisis as "Israel’s" security cabinet plans to seize control of Gaza City, forcing them to flee southward toward an uncertain future.
Umm Ibrahim Banat, a 55-year-old mother displaced four times from northern Gaza, expressed her fear and anxiety to The Guardian after hearing about the evacuation order for Gaza City, "Where will we go with the children and the elderly? I swear we are exhausted from displacement, starvation, and being driven from one place to another."
“Now,” she said, “we are the walking dead.”
'Israel' approves plan to seize Gaza
Following a 10-hour overnight meeting on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced that his security cabinet had approved a plan to seize control of Gaza City, further escalating "Israel’s" war on Gaza, which has already claimed the lives of at least 61,000 Palestinians, the majority of them civilians.
"Israel’s" Channel 12 reported that the plan, involving the deployment of ground troops into the territory, could displace tens of thousands of people, worsen the already strained aid delivery efforts, and push around 1 million Palestinians in Gaza City and surrounding areas toward evacuation zones in the southern part of the strip.
Heartbroken after losing her daughter's entire family, Banat denounced Gaza's unbearable conditions, the disease-ridden tent camps, undrinkable water, collapsed hospitals, and endless suffering, demanding to know what more could be taken from a people who've lost everything.
