Jordan condemns the “irresponsible” decision by Prime Minister Benjamin to allow lawmakers to visit Temple Mount, saying it will increase tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
“The decision of the Israeli prime minister to lift the ban on visits by members of the Knesset to the Al-Aqsa Mosque is an irresponsible decision that will increase tension and lead to an escalation in this place that is holy for all Muslims around the world,” Jordanian government spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Momani says in a statement carried in the official news outlet Petra.
“We were looking forward to steps that would contribute to the international efforts, and especially the American efforts exerted to restart Palestinian-Israeli negotiations peace negotiations on the basis of a two-state solution and well-known international principles, rather than something like these contemptible and rejected measures,” he adds.
Momani calls on Netanyahu to reinstate the ban on lawmakers visiting the Temple Mount, which was put in place two years ago.
Two Likud lawmakers visited the holy site this morning after the ban was temporarily lifted.
— Dov Lieber
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