(Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Yoni Ben Menachem - King Abdullah II of Jordan confirmed that a plot aimed at undermining his rule failed. The Jordanian army fully supports the king. On May 1, 2019, the Jordanian news agency Petra reported that King Abdullah ordered the retirement of Gen. Adnan al-Jundi, director of the Jordanian security service. A few days earlier, several senior advisers at the royal palace submitted their resignations to King Abdullah. The Jordanian army chief of staff, Field Marshal Mahmoud Farihat, warned that all those who dream of upsetting King Abdullah's regime and overthrowing him on account of Trump's "bargain of the century" will encounter resistance from the Jordanian army. King Abdullah is preparing for a difficult situation, both politically and security-wise, that is expected to erupt in the Middle East with the publication of the new American peace plan. These events are taking place while Jordan is having no success in overcoming its economic difficulties. The Jordanian king is apprehensive that the end of the month of Ramadan will bring a renewal of demonstrations against the difficult economic situation. Palestinians who recently returned from Jordan to the West Bank say the marketplace is empty and the pervading feeling is one of austerity. They claim there is tension in the air.
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