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View of the Al-Aqsa (left) and the Dome of the Rock (right) mosques in the old city of Jerusalem. Jordan's King Abdullah II has warned Israel that building hotel rooms in annexed east Jerusalem would increase regional "tension and stability." (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana) |
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Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday warned Israel that building hotel rooms in annexed east Jerusalem would increase regional "tension and stability."
"Israel's continued policies and plans to build settlements and take unilateral measures in Palestinian territories,
particularly Jerusalem, will hinder peace efforts and increase tension
and instability in the region," a palace statement quoted the king as
telling a US congressional delegation.
"The international community has a
responsibility to support peace efforts, resolve the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict, leading to the establishment of an
independent Palestinian state... with east Jerusalem as its capital," said the king, whose country has a 1994 peace treaty with the Jewish state.
Israeli officials confirmed on
Tuesday that Israel has approved a further stage in plans to build 1,100
new hotel rooms in a settlement neighbourhood of annexed east
Jerusalem.
The hotel rooms are slated for
construction in Givat HaMatos, an as-yet unbuilt neighbourhood on the
southern flank of east Jerusalem, near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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