Jordanian lawmakers have called on Amman to expel Israel's ambassador and review its peace treaty with Israel over alleged violations at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, Sky News Arabic reported.
The move comes one day after officials in Amman summoned Israel's Ambassador to Jordan Amir Weissbrod to discuss recent "Israeli violations on the Temple Mount," according to reports in Arab media.
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According to Channel 12 News, while the Foreign Ministry confirmed Weissbrod had been summoned, it would not divulge the nature of the meeting.
As of 1994, under a peace treaty brokered by then-US president Bill Clinton between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian King Hussein, Israel recognizes Jordanian custodianship of the Temple Mount and allows the Islamic Waqf to ban non-Muslim worshippers during Muslim holidays, whereas Israel maintains security control of the sensitive holy site.
Muslim worshippers marking the Eid al-Adha holiday rioted in an effort to prevent Jews from entering the Temple Mount during the Jewish fast day of Tisha B'Av.
Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Yadid accused the Waqf religious authority of changing the status quo by purposefully altering Muslim prayer times so as to create a scheduling conflict with Jews who were seeking to visit the Temple Mount.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu originally ordered the closure of the holy site to Jewish worshipers as tens of thousands of Muslims made their way there as the two faiths celebrated overlapping holidays. But following immense criticism by religious groups and right-wing figures, Israeli authorities opened up access to Jewish worshipers, allowing entrance to small groups.
This article was originally published by i24NEWS.
