Meanwhile, growing evidence that he has been promised the rescheduling of Jordan's debts by the Paris Club has won the king greater popularity, and confidence in his capabilities at the international level. Within this context, Jordan cannot be contemplating unilateral initiatives on its own which could distance it from Arab consensus, as it has tended to do in the past. On the contrary, Jordan was one of the first Arab countries to express strong enthusiasm for an Arab summit, an initiative for which Egypt has been mobilising support. Jordanian analysts and policy-makers have been warning against Israel's return to a track by track approach, which in the past tempted the Arabs to normalise relations in return for nothing. Jordan has been taking Israeli promises with a grain of salt since Israel unilaterally decided to reduce Jordan's share of the waters of Lake Tiberius, in violation of the provisions of the Tiberius Valley Agreement.
Arab rapprochement is due to stir alarm in Israel.
But it is certainly a stabilising factor for Jordan, and will further reinforce the king's popularity.