“The peace treaty with Egypt and the peace treaty with Jordan are in a way, the two cornerstones, of our [regional] policy and our security for the last 30 to 40 years.”
The end of the land lease comes as tensions have increased with Jordan, over Israeli plans to annex West Bank settlements as early as July.
The king on Sunday declared an end of the arrangement, which many Jordanians saw as a humiliation that perpetuated what they regarded as an Israeli occupation of Jordanian territory.
The agreement made in the 1994 peace treaty between the two countries granted farmers access.
should the strategic ties with the Hashemite Kingdom be limited to security issues, important though they are?
Amman says that Israel’s ambassador will not be allowed to return until an embassy security guard involved in the killing of two Jordanians is put on trial.
The return of the embassy personnel was made possible due to the close cooperation that took place during a 24-hour period between Israel and Jordan.
Le soldat jordanien qui a tué sept fillettes israéliennes a été libéré
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