King Abdullah II of Jordan warned Tuesday that an Israeli-Palestinian
peace deal was essential for combating Islamic extremists, saying the conflict served as a rallying cry for jihadists. Abdullah told the European Parliament that the battle against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria was "first and foremost" a fight for Muslim nations to carry out. Jordan has stepped up its role in the US-led coalition against IS after the group burned to death a captured Jordanian military pilot in a grisly video released last month. "And it has given the
extremists a powerful rallying cry.
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