Jordan says envoy to return to Israel three months after recall

AFP , Monday 2 Feb 2015

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File Photo: Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Amman November 7, 2013 (Photo: Reuters)

Jordan announced on Monday that its ambassador to Israel would return to his post in Tel Aviv three months after he was recalled over violations at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque.

"We have asked Ambassador Walid Obeidat to return to Tel Aviv," government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told AFP.

Jordan recalled Obdeidat on November 5 after police attacked Palestinians inside the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh describing Israeli actions as violations and way beyond the limits.

*This story was edited by Ahram Online. 

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