onsdag 28 oktober 2015

Jordanien upprörd över att palestinierna motsätter sig kameror på Temepelberget

Journalister och politiker i Jordanien är förargade över att palestinierna enligt uttalanden från deras utrikesminister Riad Malki motsätter sig övervakningskameror på Tempelberget.
Jordanierna verkar ta det som en förolämpning, eftersom de har kommit överens med Israel om att kameror skall installeras.
Jordanians slam Palestinian Authority for rejecting idea of security cameras at Temple Mount (Jerusalem Post)

"...Adnan Abu Odeh, a veteran Jordanian politician and former advisor to both King Abdullah and King Hussein, said he did not believe that the cameras would serve Israel’s interests, as the PA claims. “The cameras will document everything, including those who want to assault Palestinians or Israelis,” he said. “The cameras will document anyone who caries out an assault or Jews who want to pray there.”

Abu Odeh dismissed Malki’s remarks as “provocative, tasteless and inappropriate.” He said that it was in the interest of the Palestinians to have cameras at the Temple Mount..."



"Israeli and Jordanian officials said Tuesday that new surveillance cameras should be installed within days at the Temple Mount, with the goal of streaming the footage live on the Internet for maximum transparency..."

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