A Jordanian diplomat says that Ghassan Majali, Jordan’s ambassador to Israel, has returned to Tel Aviv.
Jordan recalled Majali in late October to protest Israel’s detainment of two Jordanian nationals.
“The ambassador returned on November 12, 2019,” the diplomat, who works at the Jordanian Embassy in Tel Aviv, writes in an email to The Times of Israel.
Israel held Heba al-Labadi, 32, and Abdel Rahman Miri, 29, for approximately two months under administrative detention, but returned them to Jordan just over a week after Amman recalled Majali.
Administrative detention is a measure that allows Israel to detain suspects for months at a time without charging them or presenting details of the accusations against them.
Raslan Mahajna, Labadi and Miri’s lawyer, has said Israeli authorities had suspected Labadi and Miri of maintaining ties to terror groups. He said both of his clients denied the suspicions.
— Adam Rasgon
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