Netanyahu meets EU foreign affairs chief, ‘Jews pray at Western Wall, Muslims pray on Mount'; says ‘Jerusalem is not a settlement.’ Netanyahu added “we stand behind the status quo arrangements that have been there for many years. We will not allow them to be changed either by action or by legislation.” The statement evidently refers to a bill seeking to allow Jews to pray at the site, where they have been banned from doing so by the Jordanian Waqf (Islamic trust) that still enjoys de facto control. Just on Thursday, Netanyahu called Jordanian King Abdullah II andpromised him the...
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