As Israeli-Arab Negev Forum prepares to reconvene, members try to bring in Jordan – Senior Israeli official optimistic Amman will be at table when UAE hosts working groups next month and Morocco hosts ministers in January, but Knesset elections present a curveball | Timesofisrael

WASHINGTON — As Negev Forum countries prepare for their next gatherings in the coming months, an effort to bring Jordan into the fold has intensified, US and Mideast diplomats told The Times of Israel.
Jordan has been noticeably absent so far at Negev Forum gatherings, which have brought together representatives from the US, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt. Amman was not at the table when foreign ministers met in southern Israel for the inaugural gathering of the forum in March, and it did not send a diplomat to a steering committee meeting in Manama in June.