Former senior defense official: “Temple Mount fire threatens Jordan”

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Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amos Gilad, former head of the Defense Ministry’s security division, spoke this morning (Thursday) with Nissim Mashaal and Guy Peleg on 103FM, in order to analyze the Jordanian letter to the United States, in which they demanded that Waqf be given full control of the Temple Mount and change The status quo in place. Gilad explained the Jordanian request in the shock that the state is experiencing these days and claimed: “Fire rising on the Temple Mount immediately threatens Jordan and this is the background to all the prime minister’s outbursts.”

“You’re first negotiating, you’re keeping what they were promised. You can not take down the Israel Police from there because without it, which does a very hard job and often incorporates wisdom, imagine there are 200,000 people on a mountain and Israel is not there, who is there? “After all, the Jordanians are not ready to send the Jordanian army, so who is there?” He added.

The head of the political-security division explained that “our national security in the practical sense is built on two foundations – the strength of the IDF and our intelligence. Wisdom is associated with a tremendous effort of strategic cooperation with unparalleled Arab states, and the Kingdom of Jordan has a tremendous role that most citizens do not understand because they do not know. To sum it up, I would say that Israel’s strategic depth is between the Iraqi-Jordanian border. If you look at the whole map, Judea and Samaria, the Jordan Mountain, East Jordan – a huge space of Israeli security that we have tremendous benefits there that help the security of the state and the peace of its citizens in all respects. “In the previous period, of the previous government, I saw signs, for example, the denial of water, all sorts of such absurd things when you know the security picture throughout.”

Clash on the Temple Mount (Photo: Police Spokeswoman)

He said that Israel should not give up its presence on the Temple Mount: “We should not give up all our assets. This is a meeting of a committee between two sovereign states. There is a peace agreement and a special status guarantee for Jordan. There were publications “And to other places at the expense of Jordan. The stability of the kingdom involves stability on the Temple Mount.”

Gilad said he was not bothered by the Jordanians ‘attempt to change the status quo, but he did believe that some of the Jordanians’ demands should be accepted: “Their security contribution is enormous, all it takes now is to convene a committee. “Do not give up control of the Temple Mount. There is a very hostile public opinion of Israel, there is a Palestinian majority. They have socio-economic distress, there is a series of distresses that for the first time I am a little worried about their stability really.”

“It is good that we are talking to them, they will present demands that they themselves understand are absurd, and we will respond to what we can. It is clear that the IDF is always the mainstay, but the strategic relationship developed between Israel and the kingdom is amazing in its values ​​for Israel. If I can go towards him I will go, if not I will not go, that’s it, “clarified the former head of the political security wing.

Finally, he referred to the situation of the Palestinian Authority: “Strengthening the authority is important for the security of the state. In my opinion, the prime minister should also have talked to Abu Mazen. The GSS is a state body, their mandate is to bring security. “If Abu Mazen releases the incitement, the burden on the IDF will be a million times what it is today. The PA is in the process of weakening and Abu Mazen will not become younger.”

“I tell you what our interest is. The defense minister met with him and the reason he does it, from my acquaintance with this system, is because he knows the security value of ties with the PA, because what is the alternative? Hamas their dream is not to fire rockets at Israel, it We must cultivate Israel and take over, among other places, Judea and Samaria and overthrow Abu Mazen first and foremost. “According to its mandate, it is security and the weakening of incitement. And in fact the silence that prevailed on Passover continues and today we are at a sensitive time, there are 150,000 worshipers on the Temple Mount, their mission is enormous. Abu Mazen also has ties because Jordan’s stability depends largely on “And Samaria, which is why Abu Mazen and the king meet all the time, and we also need to meet with him,” he concluded.

Participated in the preparation of the article: Shani Romano, 103FM

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