The Jordanian government has demanded its Israeli counterpart to conduct a serious interrogation with the security guard who shot dead two Jordanian citizens a few days ago in Amman as a prerequisite for allowing its embassy staff to return to the country.
An official source from the government also said that Israel is required to issue an apology for its behavior towards the incident.
Jordan’s King Abdullah angrily demanded on Thursday that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu put on trial an embassy security guard who killed two Jordanians and said relations between the neighboring states were at risk.
Netanyahu gave the guard a hero’s embrace after Israel brought him home under diplomatic immunity a behavior that the King said was “provocative on all fronts and enrages us destabilizes security and fuels extremism”.
“We demand that the Israeli premier abides by his commitments and takes all measures to ensure the trial of the killer and not handle this like a political show to achieve personal political gains” he said.
The Israeli embassy guard shot dead Jordanian teenager Mohammad Jawawdah who worked for a furniture company and was delivering an order at Israel’s embassy in Amman on Sunday as well as the landlord of the house in the compound where the guard lived.
