Announcement: After decades covering the region, I'm thrilled to announce From Beirut to Jerusalem will be published as an unabridged audiobook for the first time, complete with a new preface written and read by me.
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Thank you for that, Jasmine M. El-Gamal ! Well said. I'm so jealous you were in #Jordan

I just got back to London after spending 10 days in Egypt and Jordan.

I cannot stress enough how different life is offline and online.

People in the region are terrified as pundits in the West agitate for war. “Israel must strike!” But what do they really know? 1/

I joined CNN from Paris this morning to talk about the prospects of escalation in the Middle East.

I said that the ball is in Netanyahu’s court & underscored former Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s recent warning that Netanyahu is violating Ben-Gurion’s rules for Israel: 1-Don’t go

'Our priority is to protect Jordan and Jordanian citizens and do whatever we can against escalation, that would be detrimental to all.'

The Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi tells me the 'pressure is on Israel not to escalate' after Iran's weekend attack.

'Today, #JORDAN summoned the charge d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in Amman and conveyed a clear message that these insults to Jordan must stop, and this questioning of Jordan's positions must stop,' Safadi added: petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerP…

.Secretary Antony Blinken and Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi discussed Iran’s unprecedented air attack on Israel and the importance of regional de-escalation.

'Today, #JORDAN summoned the charge d'affaires of the Iranian embassy in Amman and conveyed a clear message that these insults to Jordan must stop, and this questioning of Jordan's positions must stop,' Safadi added: petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerP…

#Jordan summons the Iranian ambassador in Amman to warn Tehran of “questioning Jordan’s position”

President Biden spoke by phone with Jordanian King Abdullah II to discuss Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel.- White House

His Majesty stresses the need to stop escalation immediately in the region, warning that any escalatory Israeli measures will expand the conflict into the region
#Jordan #US

His Majesty King Abdullah II receives a call from #US President Joe Biden, which covered the latest developments in the region and efforts to de-escalate and reach a ceasefire in #Gaza
#Jordan

جلالة الملك يؤكد خلال الاتصال ضرورة وقف التصعيد فورا في الإقليم، محذرا من أن أية إجراءات تصعيدية إسرائيلية ستؤدي إلى توسيع دائرة الصراع في المنطقة
#الأردن #الولايات_المتحدة

جلالة الملك عبدالله الثاني يتلقى اتصالا هاتفيا من الرئيس الأمريكي جو بايدن، بحثا خلاله آخر التطورات في المنطقة، والجهود المبذولة لخفض التصعيد والتوصل لوقف لإطلاق النار في #غزة
#الأردن #الولايات_المتحدة

Displaced Palestinians walk north toward Gaza City on Sunday

This is significant:  

Biden made clear to Netanyahu that the US will not participate in any offensive operations against Iran, MJ Lee to me on the air just now.

IRAN: 'The matter can be deemed concluded. However, should the Israeli regime make another mistake, Iran’s response will be considerably more severe. It is a conflict between Iran and the rogue Israeli regime, from which the U.S. MUST STAY AWAY!'

#Jordan : In order to safeguard the safety and security of civil aviation in Jordanian airspace, and in light of the escalating risks in the region, and following a risk assessment conducted according to internationally recognized standards, it has decided to temporarily close…

Jordan is closing its airspace at 11pm tonight 'for the next several hours'. royanews.tv/news/324836