Jordan has backed out of its UAE-brokered energy deal with Israel amid the ongoing war on Gaza, Jordan Times reported on Friday, citing comments made by Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in an interview with Aljazeera. The agreement was supposed to be finalized and signed last month, but Safadi told Aljazeera “can you imagine a Jordanian minister sitting next to an Israeli minister to sign … while Israel is killing our people in Gaza?”

What you need to know about ‘Project Prosperity’: The initial agreement was first brokered back in 2021 — dubbed ‘Project Prosperity’ — and expected to see 600 MW of solar energy headed for Israel in exchange for 200 mn cubic meters of desalinated water for Jordan.Israeli energy minister Israel Katz and the Masdar CEO Jameel Al-Rahmani met in Tel Aviv last September to advance talks on the swap.

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