Israel Agrees to Remove Metal Detectors at Entrances to Mosque Compound<br />By ISABEL KERSHNERJULY 24, 2017<br />JERUSALEM — After days of violent protests, bloodshed<br />and a diplomatic crisis with Jordan over the placement of metal detectors at the entrances to the Aqsa Compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, the Israeli government said early Tuesday it would remove them.<br />The Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Einat Shlain, and her staff, including a security guard at the center of the fray, returned<br />home soon after a telephone call between King Abdullah II of Jordan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.<br />It also occurred hours after the end of a standoff prompted by a confrontation at<br />the Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan, that led to the deaths of two Jordanians.
