The Jordanian parliament recommended on Monday that the government recalls the country’s ambassador from Tel Aviv and expels the Israeli envoy over the recent escalation around Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
The proposal was voiced by Speaker Atef Tarawneh after a meeting of the Jordanian parliament’s lower house earlier in the day. The lawmakers also demanded that the government appeal to the United Nations and the Arab League for urgent measures to protect the mosque, which is considered the third holiest site in Islam, from Israel.
The situation around Al-Aqsa Mosque escalated on Tuesday after the Israeli police sealed the mosque and the neighboring compounds in the Old City of Jerusalem in response to what they said was a firebomb hurled at a police station at the site. As a result, clashes erupted between officers and worshipers.