His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday called on the Security Council to issue an immediate binding decision to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, open the border crossings and end the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave.

At a meeting of the National Policies Council, King Abdullah said Jordan will deploy all possible means to hammer out an international stand to pressure Israel into ending “its aggression on innocent people in the Gaza Strip” and highlight the destructive impact of the offensive on the entire region.

The King told the meeting that Jordan will continue to exert all possible efforts to bring about an end to the onslaught.

Jordan supports the Palestinians with all its capabilities in standing up to the aggression and its consequences, the King reaffirmed at the meeting, attended by Prime Minister Nader Dahabi, Senate Speaker Zeid Rifai and Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali along with senior officials.

He said all Jordanians are “extremely angry” with the Israeli aggression and are expressing their anger through taking all possible and required steps to stop the attack.

King Abdullah expressed pride in the “high patriotic sense” that Jordanians showed in expressing their rejection of the Israeli offensive and showing solidarity with the Palestinian people.

As the closest country to Palestine, Jordan will always do its utmost to help and support the “Palestinian brothers”, the King emphasised, noting that aggression will not bring security to Israel. Israel can only enjoy stability once the Palestinians do so, and once their legitimate rights are secured, mainly the right to establish an independent state on their national soil, he stressed.

King Abdullah also warned of the repercussions of the onslaught on the entire region and efforts to reach a permanent peaceful settlement to the deacades-old conflict based on the two-state solution, which received the blessing of the whole world.