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Earlier this week, Jordan’s King Abdullah II appointed his Chief of Staff Jafar Hassan to form a new government, following last week’s Parliamentary elections. The Hashemite Monarch has commendably been trying to modernize the Kingdom’s political system, so as to better reflect the views and aspirations of a restless new generation.

The problem, however, is that the most adamant element in the Jordanian public, a distinct minority, is Islamic and bitterly anti-Israeli. The border with Israel, which used to be quite secure, is now porous, which enabled a terrorist to sneak through and kill three Israelis.

This is also a testament to Iranian efforts to use Jordan as a corridor through which weapons and explosives are being smuggled to West Bank terror cells. Is the Hashemite Regime strong enough to withstand these pressures? Joining us for the analysis:

Panel:

- Host : Jonathan Hessen : Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute

- Editor at Large : Amir Oren : Host of Watchmen Talk and Powers in Play

- Col. (Ret.) Joel Rayburn : former Senior Director at the National Security Council in Washington & Special Envoy for Syria ; Founding Director of the American Center for Levant Studies

- Dr. Nir Boms : Research fellow, Moshe Dayan center , Tel Aviv University