Has Temple Mount caused a new rift in Jordan-Israeli ties? - analysis
Islamic violence has become the Temple Mount status quo. This is the “status quo” that Western leaders wish to preserve?
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: APRIL 20, 2022
“Is Jordan playing a double game?” Israel Radio asked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday. The question followed a tumultuous week in which Temple Mount riots created a sudden rift between Jerusalem and Amman after a year in which both governments had worked to repair frayed ties. The swift diplomatic whiplash took less than a month. At the end of March, King Abdullah felt so comfortable with an open display of friendship with the Jewish state that he publicly hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog for the first time. All past visits between a Hashemite monarch and an Israeli President had been secret and were revealed only afterward.
more............ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-704743
Islamic violence has become the Temple Mount status quo. This is the “status quo” that Western leaders wish to preserve?
By TOVAH LAZAROFF
Published: APRIL 20, 2022
“Is Jordan playing a double game?” Israel Radio asked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday. The question followed a tumultuous week in which Temple Mount riots created a sudden rift between Jerusalem and Amman after a year in which both governments had worked to repair frayed ties. The swift diplomatic whiplash took less than a month. At the end of March, King Abdullah felt so comfortable with an open display of friendship with the Jewish state that he publicly hosted Israeli President Isaac Herzog for the first time. All past visits between a Hashemite monarch and an Israeli President had been secret and were revealed only afterward.
more............ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-704743
