Jordan’s Foreign Ministry issues belated, tepid condemnation of deadly terror shooting

After some 14 hours, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry issues a statement containing a brief condemnation of today’s terror shooting attack by a Jordanian man that killed three Israelis on the West Bank side of the Allenby Bridge Crossing.

The ministry stresses “Jordan’s firm position rejecting and condemning violence and targeting civilians for any reason.”

However, the rest of the statement reiterates common talking points in support of the two-state solution and against Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank, with the condemnation of the attack immediately following by a call for “addressing all causes and escalatory steps that generate” violence against civilians.

The ministry says its probes have so far concluded that the attack was committed by a lone assailant.