WASHINGTON POST
Jordan and Israel agree to take steps to help quell violence
by Carol Morello and Hugh Naylor
October 25, 2015

Israel and Jordan have agreed to take steps aimed at quelling a wave of violence, starting with the installation of security cameras on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Saturday. Speaking after meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordanian King ­Abdullah II, Kerry told reporters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to King Abdullah’s suggestion to install the 24-hour cameras at the holy site, which has been a focus of long-standing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. READ MORE