Jordan summons Tel Aviv ambassador in Amman

Jordan

Published: 2023-03-20 21:32

Last Updated: 2024-03-18 14:37


Jordan summons Tel Aviv ambassador in Amman
Jordan summons Tel Aviv ambassador in Amman

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates summoned Monday the Israeli Occupation ambassador to Amman.

This came following the statements made by the Israeli Occupation Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich.

Earlier Monday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates affirmed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the use of the Israeli Occupation Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich of a map of the Israeli Occupation that includes Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territories, in what represents a violation of international norms and the Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty.


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Smotrich shared the image of the map during his participation in an event held Sunday in Paris.

The official spokesperson for the Jordanian Foreign ministry Sinan Majali said that it condemns the "racist and extremist inciting statements made by the extremist Israeli minister against the Palestinian people, their right to exist, and their historical rights in their independent and sovereign state on the Palestinian national soil," and warned of the danger of these actions.

The ministry called on the international community to condemn the Israeli Occupation minister's actions and statements, which also represent a violation of human values and principles.

Majali said that the ministry stresses the need for the Israeli Occupation government to take a clear stance regarding these extremist actions, and hateful statements.


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The ministry affirmed that it will take all necessary political and legal measures against such acts.

The ministry stressed that the actions and statements of this hateful extremist do not undermine Jordan and do not detract from the rights of the Palestinian people, but rather show the world the injustice to which the Palestinian people are exposed.

Earlier Monday, Smotrich said that "there is no such thing as the Palestinian people."

He claimed that the idea of the "Palestinian people" is an "invention that is less than 100 years old," according to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

He continued saying "this is the truth which must be heard by the White House."

Smotrich also said that "one has to tell the truth without succumbing to the lies and distortions of history, and without succumbing to the hypocrisy of the BDS movement and pro-Palestinian organizations."

Earlier this month, Smotrich made statements about "wiping out" the town of Hawara in Nablus.

He later claimed that those remarks were a "slip of the tongue" and came out amid "a surge of feelings."