Jordan: Israel is ‘playing with fire’
Israel • Jordan • Palestine

“Israel is ‘playing with fire’ by continuing construction in east Jerusalem and attempting to change the identity of the holy city, King Abdullah II of Jordan said.   ‘We have warned repeatedly that Israel is playing with fire and Jordan rejects and condemns all actions aimed at changing the identity of Jerusalem, emptying it of its Arab inhabitants, both Christian and Muslim’,  the King said in an interview with a major newspaper in Jordan.   ’East Jerusalem should be the capital of an independent Palestinian state which must be established ASAP’, said [King] Abdullah” 

 

“Jewish neighbourhood becomes flashpoint”
Israel • Jordan • Palestine

“Israel’s recent decision to build more homes in Gilo, which Israel says is part of Jerusalem, has ignited more anger among Palestinians who say it’s a settlement on land captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and then annexed. The issue is explosive because both Israelis and Palestinians consider Jerusalem their capital”