The Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Jordanian envoy Mohammed Hamiyad for a dressing down in Jerusalem after an incident in which a Jordanian minister trod on an Israeli flag placed on the floor of a building in Amman.
Ghassan Majali, Jordan’s newly appointed ambassador to Israel, is out of the country.
The flag had been placed on the floor of the country’s trade union headquarters — a body deeply opposed to normalization of relations with Israel — for a government meeting held there. Video of the incident emerged over the weekend.
Jordan’s minister for media affairs and communications and government spokesperson, Jumana Ghunaimat (R), stepping on the Israeli flag at the entrance to the trade union headquarters in Amman, December 2018. (Screen capture: Jamuna TV)
Jumana Ghunaimat, Jordan’s minister for media affairs and communications, was praised on social media for being among those who chose to step on the flag as she arrived for the meeting.
“The Foreign Ministry takes a severe view of the incident,” the ministry says in a statement. “The Israeli embassy has lodged a strident protest [with Jordan].”
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