• Egypt hosted Jordanian and Palestinian leaders for talks on the situation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
• They issued a joint statement calling on Israel to halt.
• Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman.

Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah Al Sissi hosted Jordanian and Palestinian leaders for talks on the situation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Cairo.

Following the meeting on Tuesday, Al Sissi, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a joint statement calling on Israel to halt “all illegitimate, unilateral measures” undermining the creation of an independent Palestinian state and to maintain the status quo at the Noble Sanctuary.

The smallest modification at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound — one of the most contentious sites in the region — might spark a major new conflict between Israel and the Muslim world. Previous Israeli activities in the region have sparked violent protests and broader confrontations.

Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman earlier in the day to protest Israeli police blocking the Jordanian envoy from entering a sacred site in Jerusalem.

Jordan’s Foreign Ministry claimed Ghassan Majali, its ambassador to Israel, was barred from visiting the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Islam’s third holiest site.

Majali arrived at the holy site “without any prior arrangement with police officials,” according to Israeli police, prompting an officer at the compound entrance who didn’t recognize the ambassador to tell his commander about the surprise visit. Officers detained Majali and Azzam Al-Khatib, the director of the Jerusalem Waqf, as they awaited orders. According to Israeli police, the ambassador refused to wait and decided to leave.

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