Jordan recalls envoy to Israel over holy site disputes

(The Christian Science Monitor) Jordan recalled its ambassador, Walid Obeidat, on Wednesday (November 5) amid Palestinian allegations that Israeli security forces had entered Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.

It was the first such recall since Israel and Jordan signed a peace agreement in 1994.

For nearly a century Jordan has administered the mosque, located atop Jerusalem's most sensitive religious site, known to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif, the Noble Sanctuary, and to Jews as the Temple Mount, site of the biblical Jewish temples.