King Abdullah needed Netanyahu's assurance that Israel would support Jordan's Hashemite rulers retaining custodianship of the Islamic holy sites - if Abdullah was to maintain his ongoing support for implementing the Saudi Solution.
The Palace communique gave Abdullah an exit strategy:
The King reaffirmed Jordan's steadfast position in support of the two-state solution, which guarantees the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on the 4 June 1967 lines, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with Israel in peace and security.
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This was indeed King Abdullah's position prior to publication of the Saudi Solution which trashed the two-state solution – consigning it to the garbage bin of history unimplemented - after being proposed by the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002.
Abdullah has not mentioned the two-state solution once since publication of the Saudi Solution. He is appearing to signal re-supporting the failed two-state solution – should Israel seek during the implementation of the Saudi Solution to renegotiatethe current terms of custodianship on terms unacceptable to King Abdullah.
The United Nations, the media and its analysts, and independent analysts have totally ignored the Saudi Solution's existence since its publication in the Saudi government-controlled Al Arabiya News on 8 June 2022.
None has considered the Saudi Solution newsworthy enough to report on or analyze. It's time they did.
Netanyahu's visit to King Abdullah indicates the Saudi Solution is being implemented on the way to hopefully becoming a reality.
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