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Add as a preferred source on GoogleHis Speech from the Throne cited Gaza’s humanitarian crisis and Israeli attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said regional security and stability depend on Palestinians’ right to a homeland, speaking Monday as he opened the third ordinary session of the 20th Parliament.
The speech said Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe and attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem persisted despite international appeals to end Israeli violations.
Abdullah called Israel’s expansionist ambitions “the greatest threat to the region’s future and hopes.”
A lawyer who attended the service told Reuters he saw two attackers, one masked, and said a gunman fired toward him from roughly two meters away.
Public Security Director Obaidallah Maaytah said hospitals were treating 27 of the 34 wounded. Government spokesperson Mohammad al-Momani said security forces had opened an investigation.
The Nov. 6 session is expected to draw heads of state and international officials, with AI security on the agenda.
