Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Wael Jaraisheh - A number of lawmakers on Sunday asked Ensour's government to expel the Israeli ambassador and to cancel Wadi Araba peace treaty in protest at an Israeli proposal to end Jordanian supervision on Islamic shrines in Jerusalem.

Some of MPs went further and demanded the government to resort to the "military option" to stop Israeli aggression.

Lawmakers, Musa Abu Swailem and Mohammad Emhidat, said during a parliamentary session on Sunday that Israel only understand the "military action".

Other MPs asked the government to withdraw the Jordanian ambassador from Israel and freeze diplomatic relations.

On Sunday session lawmakers debated the recent Israeli proposed bill to bring Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, under Israeli supervision, which is expected to be debated at Israeli Knesset later this week

MP Yehia al-Soud, who heads a bloc of 11 lawmakers called "Palestine Parliamentary Committee," told a press conference that Israel's aggressions and repeated storming of Al-Aqsa are a mere prelude to the division of the mosque and terminating Jordan's supervision on the holy shrines,"

An Israeli legislator has recently proposed a bill to bring Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, under Israeli supervision.

"The Israelis are trying to impose a new status quo….This would be the last nail in the coffin of Israel," said MP al-Soud.

"For Arabs and Muslims around the world, Al-Aqsa Mosque is a red line," he insisted.

Jordan has been supervising Al-Aqsa Mosque and other endowments in Jerusalem since 1948.


A 1994 peace treaty between Jordan and Israel recognizes Jordan's special supervisory role over holy sites in Jerusalem.

A Jordanian government source said earlier that Amman would not allow Israel to impose its control on holy sites in Jerusalem.

"Jordan will approach the international community and international bodies about this Israeli intransigence," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity.