Jordan's King Abdullah II expressed on Sunday a commitment to "safeguard" Jerusalem's holy sites, in a meeting in Amman with Muslim and Christian religious leaders from the city.
A general view of Jerusalem's Old City shows the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in the foreground as the Dome of the Rock, located on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, is seen in the background December 10, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo
"It is the duty of every Muslim to deter Israeli escalations against... holy sites in Jerusalem," the king said according to the statement. On Friday, Israeli police shot dead an Arab Israeli medical student at the compound. The force said he had grabbed and fired an officer's gun, a claim Mohammed al-Asibi's family rejects.
During Sunday's meeting the Jordanian king "called on the international community to take a stand against the exclusionary and racist statements made recently by some Israeli officials", the statement said.
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