"In our discussions with President Trump, he knows that it's not just Gaza, it's not just a particular political horizon. I mean he's looking at bringing peace to the whole region. That doesn't happen unless the Palestinians have a future."
Jordan has had a peace treaty with Israel since 1994, despite opposition from many in the country. More than 50% of the country's population is of Palestinian descent, including the King's wife, Queen Rania. The two countries co-operate on security issues and Jordan shot down Iranian drones and missiles fired at Israel in June.
The peace treaty was signed by the current monarch's late father, King Hussein, with the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist the following year. I asked King Abdullah if he believed he would see a final peace agreement including a Palestinian state within his own lifetime?
"I have to, because the alternative would mean probably the end of the region. My father, I remember towards the end of his life, used to say, 'I want peace for my children and their children.' I have two grandchildren; they deserve that peace. How awful would it be for them to grow up to say the same thing that my father said years ago?"
"And I think that's what galvanises me and many of us in the region, that peace is the only option. Because if it doesn't come about, how often is the West, America in particular, dragged into this? It's been 80 years. And I think it's time for all of us to say enough is enough."
More than 67,000 people have been killed by Israel's military in Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to health ministry officials in the Hamas-run territory.
History does not offer much reason for hope, but King Abdullah believes this is a moment of genuine possibility.