White House Dispatches Peace Envoy to Ease Mideast Frictions
- Jordan bars exit of Israeli guard who killed embassy attacker
- Netanyahu’s security cabinet to hold second emergency meeting
White House envoy Jason Greenblatt flew back to a more volatile Middle East on Monday as deadly violence that began over a Jerusalem shrine spilled over into the Israeli Embassy in Jordan, leading to a diplomatic standoff between two key American allies.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet was set to convene for the second time in 24 hours as his government tries to bring back an embassy guard from Amman and ease unrest that has erupted over its installation of metal detectors at the shrine. Since Friday, when thousands of Palestinians faced off against Israeli police, violence has spread from the holy city to the West Bank, and defusing it has been complicated by the stabbing of an Israeli security official in Amman who shot two Jordanians to death.