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Jordanian backlash against Israel’s response to returned diplomats

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Cr: Chaim Tzach

Published: 27 July 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Anger over ‘hero’s welcome’ as Israel considers compensating family of slain Jordanian

Israeli ambassador won't be allowed to return to Amman until guard faces trial (Haaretz)
According to Jordanian media, Israel must guarantee the prosecution of the Israeli security guard who shot and killed a Jordanian assailant and a bystander (July 27)

Jordan angered by Israel's portrayal of embassy crisis and 'absurd hero's welcome' given by Netanyahu (Haaretz)
Jordan's foreign minister says Jordan treated the stabbing in Amman as a criminal incident and expects Israel to stop 'distorting the facts' and do the same (July 26)

Israel reportedly to compensate family of Jordanian killed by embassy guard (Times of Israel)
Both Jerusalem and Amman deny existence of a deal that allowed the staffer to return home after firing on a teen who stabbed him (July 26)

Can Israeli-Jordanian ties survive Temple Mount violence? (Jerusalem Post)
Rather than breaking off ties, both leaders used the embassy shooting to wager a behind the scenes deal that allowed both Netanyahu and King Abdullah to claim victory (July 25)

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