In an interview on CNN Sunday, the Jordanian king said the region desperately needs the “undivided attention of the United States in order to set the right tone for negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians.”’

He also warned against the “crossing of an invisible line in the sand,” a time when the two-state solution will not longer be viable. “I hope we haven’t crossed it yet, but when God forbid we do cross that line, then I think the Middle East and the region wil be doomed to decades of instability,” he said. Talking without action, will not solve the problems and then everyone will have to pay the price, he warned.
 

Efforts must be made to move the process forward in the next month, he said.
 

“The only credible, viable way of solving the problem is the two-state solution, giving the Israelis and the Palestinians the ability to live together,” he said. This will allow Arabs and Muslims to have peace treaties with Israel, he said. Today 57 nations , a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel today, he emphasized.

 

The challenge facing Jordan and the international community is to reach out to the Israeli public and ask them if they want to continue living in isolation, the king said. The challenge is to tell the Israeli public, “”we basically want the two-state solution to happen so that you can be integrated into the neighborhood.' And that's actually a lot harder than people might imagine," the king said.