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Zaidoon Alhadid is a journalist and political commentator based in Amman.
Since October 7, 2023, Benjamin Netanyahu has rarely used the language of apology, instead structuring his discourse around justification, denial, and the promotion of a “military objectives” narrative to cover massacres affecting homes, schools, and refugee camps. This time, however, he bowed under pressure. The bombing of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, which killed dozens of civilians including five foreign journalists, put the Israeli leadership in direct confrontation with the Western world that has long provided it political cover.
At a time when Gaza cries out in hunger and groans under the weight of siege, an extraordinary scene emerges in the Arab world—one that revives hope that action is still possible and that the human conscience is not yet dead. Jordan, with all its humanitarian and political weight, was the first to decide not to stand idly by. It opened its air bridge, and Royal Jordanian Air Force planes took to the skies carrying food and medicine to those who could barely find enough to survive.
Behind closed doors and amid rising tensions that reflect the deep structural crisis within the Israeli political and military establishment, the option of a full-scale occupation of the Gaza Strip is once again seriously on the table. It is reportedly driven by a presumed green light from U.S. President Donald Trump, and strong opposition from some in the security establishment.
I delayed writing about this topic—not because I was unaware of it, but because I wanted to observe, to read, to carefully study the reactions. Why is Jordan’s role consistently downplayed whenever Palestine is the subject?
Whenever the Zionist entity begins to feel cornered, it seeks an outlet—an escape forward. Each time it fails to achieve military decisiveness, it attempts to reshape the conflict by amplifying a particular threat or creating a new theater of operations. Today, as its deterrence erodes in Gaza, Tel Aviv suddenly turns its eyes to southern Syria—specifically, As-Suwayda—placing it under a cloud of suspicion.
As political and media circles increasingly talk about an imminent cabinet reshuffle, previous remarks made by Senator Omar Al-Ayasrah have resurfaced. He once sarcastically stated, “Everyone wearing a tie in Jordan these days dreams of becoming a minister.”
In major political crises, events cannot be viewed in isolation from their broader context or the intricate web of connections surrounding them. The case of MP Hassan Al-Ryiati—who was recently seen exiting a property affiliated with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in Aqaba carrying a bag of unknown contents, followed by his brief detention—was not merely an isolated incident. Rather, it opened the door to deeper questions about the future of the political scene and the possible courses of action the state might take to restore internal balance.
Every time a political meeting draws near between figures like U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, I find myself asking the same question: Are we witnessing a routine political move, or a pivotal moment in the region’s ongoing conflicts?
In a scene reminiscent of how global powers act when their interests converge with the flames of war, the ceasefire between Israel and Iran stands out as a politically symbolic moment—not only at the regional level but also on the broader stage of the international order.
After several fiery days of direct confrontation between the Zionist entity and Iran, the picture is gradually becoming clearer. Today, it is possible to more accurately read the directions, motives, and dimensions of this war—unlike the first two nights of the conflict, when fog dominated the scene, information was scarce, and we could do little more than speculate amid a dense gray haze.
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