PM thanks Abdullah for condemning recent attacks in Israel; Amman says Jordanian monarch urged prevention of ‘any tension or escalation in the Palestinian territories’

Amid pre-Ramadan spate of Arab terror in Israel, Hashemite ruler warns Israel against restrictions on Muslim worshipers at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque

President will be third senior Israeli official to travel to Jordan to meet with Hashemite monarch this month in continued bid to lower tensions ahead of Ramadan

Defense minister presents steps Israel intends to take to ensure freedom of worship in Jerusalem, plus measures to benefit Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza

Omer Barlev reportedly met Jordan's FM, and the two talked of steps in Jerusalem during Muslim holy month to avert violent escalation

In a diplomatic achievement for Israel, Arab partners join the foreign minister and US envoy in Sde Boker, but they come to address a series of worrying developments

Palestinian official says visit will highlight need for diplomatic horizon, without which further escalation in Jerusalem will become more likely

Cops arrest two Bedouin men; law enforcement believes arms were intended for both criminal and terror purposes in West Bank; bust valued at $1 million

2nd meeting between FM and Jordan king takes place in Amman amid uptick in Jerusalem, West Bank violence, which US fears could spill over like it did last May

Neighboring port cities agree to examine increasing quota of Jordanians who work in Israel; joint industrial, tourism projects also suggested at summit