Jordan, PA form joint Al-Aqsa crisis team

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki tells journalists after a two-hour meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and PA President Mahmoud Abbas that “the visit comes at a time of great importance to conduct a joint assessment of the problem of Israeli attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the attempt to change the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

“We evaluated the experience and are preparing for future actions we expect from Israel and from the person of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu,” he adds, according to the PA’s official news site Wafa.

“It was agreed to form a joint crisis team, which will continue to assess the past phase and its lessons, and to assess any challenges we may face at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.”

— Dov Lieber