Israel protests trampling of its flag by Jordanian lawyer in Amman

Israel today protested the trampling of its flag by a Jordanian lawyer in the capital Amman.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry called the incident “an act of incitement that is inconsistent with the spirit of the peace agreement between the countries.”

According to the statement, a formal protest has been lodged with the Jordanian Embassy in Israel over the incident.

The Israeli ministry said it expects the Jordanian government to issue a condemnation and prevent such incidents in the future.

There was no immediate comment from Jordanian authorities on the Israeli statement.

A video showed the deputy head of the Jordanian Bar Association, Walid Al-Adwan, trampling the Israeli flag in front of the bar building in Amman.

Al-Adwan, for his part, defended the act as “an honour”.

“This flag represents an occupier of a land whose rightful owners are the Palestinians,” he told Anadolu.

He called the trampling of the Israeli flag “a reaction to Israel’s killing of innocents and its violation of human rights and all international laws.”

Jordan is facing mounting US pressure to take in Palestinians after President Donald Trump called for seizing control of Gaza and ethnically cleansing its Palestinian population, an idea vehemently rejected by Palestinians and Arab leaders.

While hosting King Abdullah II at the White House, Trump said yesterday that he would “take” the Gaza Strip under US authority and redevelop it with hotels, office buildings and other infrastructure.

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