Jordan said on Monday that Israeli President Shimon
Peres had apologised to King Abdullah II for the killing of a Jordanian
judge by Israeli troops last week.
Peres for his part issued a statement saying he had called Abdullah to express "deep regret" for the
shooting of Palestinian Jordanian Raed Zeiter at a border crossing, but the statement stopped short of quoting a full apology. A
Jordan palace statement said Abdullah "received a telephone call from
Peres who, as president of the state of Israel, apologised for the martyrdom of Jordanian
judge Raed Zeiter". He said Israel is committed to work together with
Jordan on the probe into the incident." The statement added the king "also received a similar phone call from (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu," without giving further details.
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