Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday and moved to file a UN complaint after police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians inside the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said Israel's recent actions at the compound were "way beyond the limits". "These violations are infuriating the emotions and the sensitivity of 1.5 billion Muslims around the world," he said ahead of a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Paris.
"Calm has to be restored. Israel has to respect the sanctity of the holy sites." Jordan has initiated a complaint with the UN Security Council against "repeated attacks by Israel against Muslim holy sites," the official Petra news agency reported. The Israeli foreign ministry said in a statement that it "regrets the Jordanian decision, which does not contribute to calming the atmosphere but the opposite."
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