Netanyahu says Israel works to resolve crisis with Jordan

Record ID: 903940

  • Title: Netanyahu says Israel works to resolve crisis with Jordan
  • Date: 24th July 2017
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECURITY ANALYST GONEN BEN ITZHAK, SAYING: "The importance of Jordan as the keeper of the Temple Mount is a key issue in this situation. Abdullah has… (Jordan's) King Abdullah has a very good relationship with the Israeli government and Israeli intelligence and I think that he is the only one that can really bring a solution. If he decides, you know, just to walk away and let shit happen, we're going to face a very difficult era, I don't think he's going to do it." CLOSE OF BEN ITZHAK'S HAND (SOUNDBITE) (English) SECURITY ANALYST GONEN BEN ITZHAK, SAYING: "And now it will be harder, you know to calm down, to calm things down. In the process of finding solutions to the Temple Mount incident, we didn't need this incident in Jordan that just makes everything more complex." JERUSALEM (JULY 24, 2017) (REUTERS) ISRAELI LAWMAKERS AT THE KNESSET (ISRAELI PARLIAMENT) ISRAELI OPPOSITION LAWMAKER KSENIA SVETLOVA SPEAKING TO WOMAN AT KNESSET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI OPPOSITION LAWMAKER KSENIA SVETLOVA, SAYING: "The Jordanians are responsible for the security of every Israeli diplomat, whether it's security personal or whether the diplomats themselves and I of curse hope that the incident will be over soon and that all of our staff will come back safely to Israel." (SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI OPPOSITION LAWMAKER NAHMAN SHAI SAYING: "It's the worse timing and maybe at the same time there is a beginning of the end of this crisis. I can imagine that when American senior emissary Jonathan (sic - name is Jason) Greenblatt will come to Israel this afternoon, he will try to resolve the entire complex here, including these two different crisis." SHAI AT HIS DESK
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2017 12:22
  • Keywords: Israeli security man kills two in Jordan Israeli-Jordan relations Jerusalem shrine security measures dispute Muslim anger over al-Aqsa metal detectors
  • Location: JERUSALEM/MODIIN, ISRAEL
  • City: JERUSALEM/MODIIN, ISRAEL
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0046R2S7YB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday (July 24) that Israel was seeking a resolution to the crisis with Jordan after an Israeli embassy security guard shot dead a Jordanian who attacked him with a screwdriver at Israel's embassy compound in Amman and a second Jordanian also died, according to the Israeli Foreign Ministry.
    The incident had potential to cause a rift in the already tense Israel-Jordan relations since Israel installed metal detectors at entry points to Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem after two Israeli policemen were shot dead by three Arab-Israeli gunmen near the site last week.
    Violence against Israelis is rare in Jordan, a tightly policed country that is also a staunch regional ally of the United States. It also shares a long border with Israel.
    Analysts hope that the fatal incident will not stop Jordan's King Abdulla from interfering to calm down Muslim anger over the Israeli security measures.
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