Jordan king: Palestinian peace deal needed to defeat IS

“This failure sends a dangerous message,” he said.

 

“And it has given the extremists a powerful rallying cry. They exploit the injustices and the lingering conflict, to build legitimacy and recruit foreign fighters across Europe and the world.”

 

He added: “How can we fight the ideological battle, if we do not chart the way forward towards Palestinian-Israeli peace?”

 

As a country that has made peace with Israel, Jordan has played a mediating role in the peace process.

 

Around 20,000 foreign fighters are believed to have left their homelands to join extremist groups in the past few years — including an estimated 4,000 since 2012 from western Europe.

 

Abdullah however said that Muslim countries had to lead the fight against IS and other extremists.

 

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