On Wednesday 15 January, King Abdullah II of Jordan reminded MEPs that a peaceful world needs a stable Middle East.
“What happens in the Middle East always has a way of making itself felt everywhere else”, he warned during his fifth speech to the European Parliament since 2002. Thus, “a more peaceful world cannot exist without a stable Middle East and a stable Middle East cannot exist without peace between Israelis and Palestinians”, he explained, referring at length to the situation...