(Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah, in a cellphone name on Monday with U.S. President Joe Biden, warned of what he referred to as “hostile acts” by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians and “unilateral measures” that threaten the established order of Jerusalem’s holy websites.
King Abdullah’s Hashemite dynasty is custodian of the Muslim and Christian holy websites in Jerusalem. Final month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated there was no change in coverage concerning a Jerusalem website additionally sacred to Muslims, after a far-right cupboard minister stated Jews may pray there.
The compound, in Jerusalem’s walled Previous Metropolis, homes Islam’s third-holiest shrine, Al-Aqsa mosque, and can also be revered in Judaism because the Temple Mount, a vestige of two historic temples.
Beneath a fragile decades-old “status quo” association with Muslim authorities, Israel permits Jews to go to however chorus from prayer. The positioning is on the coronary heart of the Israeli-Palestinian battle, and options that Israel would alter guidelines about non secular observance there have led to violence up to now.
“His Majesty warned of extremist settler violence against Palestinians, as well as unilateral Israeli measures that undermine the prospects of peace and target the historical and legal status quo of Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, which may fuel violence in the region,” the Jordanian royal court docket stated in an announcement.
King Abdullah additionally mentioned with Biden the necessity for de-escalation within the area and “establishing comprehensive calm to prevent a regional war”, the royal court docket added.
