What’s next?

Every morning, I wake up to a view that might seem ordinary anywhere else. But it carries a subtle unease, 800 meters from the Jordanian border. It feels strange to call this the calmest region in Israel, yet it’s true. While the north lingers under Hezbollah’s shadow and the south lives with the constant wail of sirens, this stretch of land remains in a kind of uneasy truce.

Living so close to Jordan makes you realize that the lines on the map are more than geography—they’re a delicate equilibrium. What separates us is a 309-kilometer border and a peace agreement that has endured for decades, though often under strain. Lately, the activity has intensified. Generals meet in closed rooms, intelligence chiefs exchange crucial updates, and we, on this side, try to hold onto a semblance of normalcy.

They say King Abdullah’s regime is under pressure from forces beyond the predictable. The Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and even Iran are reportedly working to destabilize the kingdom. For Israel, Jordan’s collapse wouldn’t just be a strategic threat—it would open yet another gateway to chaos right next door.

At night, I look toward the horizon where the lights of Jordan flicker faintly, and it’s hard not to wonder what lies ahead. Reports speak of smuggled weapons and drones too small to detect. But here, silence still prevails. It’s a calm that feels deceptive, as though it’s biding its time. Children play in their yards, and my dog sniffs the grass as if the world is ideally at peace, but I know that all of this could change in an instant.

We’ve seen it before. Syria, once thought stable, crumbled into chaos, unleashing violence that still ripples across the region. Experts warn that Jordan could be the next domino to fall. If that happens, we’ll stand at the vortex’s edge.

For now, life continues. The air here smells of open fields, and the nights remain quiet. But when I look across the border, I feel the weight of the unanswered. Will this fragile peace endure? Is the silence a reprieve—or merely the prelude to something more significant?