Jordan's King Abdullah II called for calm following his summit with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday.
King Abdullah told the President of Israel, after receiving him at the Husseiniya Palace, west of the capital, Amman, on the first official visit by an Israeli president to Jordan, that "peace has become more urgent now" to end a conflict that "has been for a long time."
A statement by the royal court said that the Jordanian monarch denounced "violence in all its forms," adding that "this conflict has lasted for a long time, and the resulting violence continues to cause a lot of pain and provide a fertile ground for extremism."
He considered Herzog's visit "an opportunity for a deep discussion on how to move forward with efforts to achieve a just and lasting peace, and to build a future that holds promising opportunities for all, in which common security is achieved, away from crises and violence."
An Israeli statement stated that the King of Jordan offered Herzog his condolences for the killing of 5 Israelis in an operation carried out by a Palestinian youth near Tel Aviv on Tuesday, amid Israeli fears of an escalation of attacks ahead of the month of Ramadan.
Israeli preparedness
On Wednesday, Israel put its forces on high alert after the Tel Aviv operation, and the meeting of King Abdullah and Herzog comes after 11 Israelis were killed in 3 attacks with firearms and white weapons carried out by Palestinians within a week.
On Tuesday, the Jordanian monarch received Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and discussed with him a "comprehensive calm" in Jerusalem and "preventing provocations that lead to escalation" with the approach of Ramadan, according to a statement issued by the royal court.
On the tenth of this month, the Jordanian monarch met Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, and the two met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, in light of intense political movements in the region.
Israeli official circles fear the deterioration of the security situation with the Palestinians during Ramadan, especially in Jerusalem, especially since Jewish holidays coincide with Palestinian occasions, amid the willingness of settler groups to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque.