Israel’s Channel 13 reported June 25 that Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen recently visited Jordan and met with King Abdullah. Cohen was apparently sent there directly by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in order to pass a message to the king concerning the annexation plan.

What that message was the reports did not reveal. But one can assume Netanyahu was trying to reassure the king, who has been engaged in recent weeks in an all-out campaign against the annexation. Recent publications indicate that Netanyahu may not include the Jordan Valley in the first phase of his annexation plan, limiting the vote on July 1 to a symbolic annexation of some settlement blocs near Jerusalem.

Jordan has doubled it efforts in the diplomatic arena against the annexation plan. On June 16, Abdullah warned that Israel’s planned annexation would threaten stability in the Middle East. Speaking at a video conference with US Congress members, the king warned that any unilateral Israeli measure would be unacceptable and would ruin the prospects of achieving peace and stability in the region.

Two days later, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi made an unexpected visit to Ramallah, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. During his visit, Safadi warned that Israel's plan would pose an "unprecedented danger" and would have wider consequences for peace in the region.