The Russian Foreign Ministry this evening (Monday) issued a statement on the president’s call Vladimir PutinWith Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), According to which the conversation between the parties dealt with “increasing tensions in Judea and Samaria.”
Earlier today, the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safdi, Announced that his office had summoned the Israeli embassy commissioner in Amman, the deputy foreign minister, for a warning call with an immediate demand “to stop the violations in the al-Aqsa Mosque.” According to him, they summoned the proxy since the Israeli ambassador was not in Amman.
King Abdullah also spoke with the King of Morocco, Muhammad VI, and the two agreed “on the importance of maintaining coordination and waging efforts to stop Israeli violations in Jerusalem against the holy precedents.”