Jordan on Wednesday recalled its ambassador to Israel in protest against what it described as Israeli "violations" in occupied Jerusalem and its holy sites, the first time it has done so since the countries made peace in 1994, Jordanian officials said.
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Israel last week closed for a day the compound housing Al Aqsa mosque amid increasing Israeli- Palestinian violence. The move infuriated Jordanian King Abdullah, who is custodian of the sacred compound that also houses the Dome of the Rock mosque.
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On Wednesday, a Palestinian man rammed a minivan into a crowded train platform in occupied east Jerusalem and then attacked people with an iron bar after leaving the vehicle, killing one person and injuring 13 in what authorities called a terror attack. |