Israel’s Ministry of Justice has reportedly opened an investigation into a deadly incident at the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman last month, during which an Israeli security guard killed two Jordanian citizens, amid repeated calls by Jordanian officials to prosecute the Israeli guard.
According to Jordanian news outlet al-Ghad, the ministry announced that Israeli authorities had launched a preliminary investigation into the incident in order to decide if the ordeal could be considered criminal.
Jordan and Israel have sparred over whether the security guard should be handed over to Jordanian custody.
Jordanian wants son's killer to face justice as Israel opens "preliminary investigation" under Jordanian pressure. https://t.co/i906f18WtH
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) August 5, 2017
Jordanian King Abdullah criticized Netanyahu’s welcoming home of the guard as “a political showoff,” saying it was “provocative and destabilizes security and encourages extremism in the region.”
Israel had refused to allow Jordanian authorities to question the injured Israeli security guard, citing his immunity under the Vienna Conventions – a body of international law which Israel has been accused of regularly violating.
On Tuesday, 78 out of 130 Jordanian deputies had signed a motion demanding that the Deputies Council urge the Jordanian government to close the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
Israeli ambassador and staff denied entry into Jordan until Israel makes Jordanian conditions. #CMEPBulletin https://t.co/SuJGZ4c348
— CMEP (@ChurchesforMEP) August 5, 2017
The motion also demanded that the Jordanian ambassador to Israel leave Israel at once in order “to express rejection of the Jordanian government handling of the issue and returning the killer to Israel.”
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