Israel extend­s apolog­y withou­t but no recomp­ense for slain Jordan­ian worker, landlo­rd and judgeAMMAN: Israel has officially apologised for the killing of three Jordanians and offered to compensate their families, Jordan’s foreign ministry said Thursday. On July 23 last year, a security guard for the Israeli embassy shot dead a Jordanian worker who had come to an apartment to install furniture and who stabbed him in the back with a screwdriver, according to the Israeli foreign ministry. The embassy guard was briefly questioned by investigators in Jordan but was allowed to return Israel along with the rest of the embassy staff, on the grounds he had diplomatic immunity. Muslim guardians of Jerusalem’s holy churchAmman later said it would not allow the embassy staff to return until Israel opened a serious investigation and offered an apology. “The government contacted the families of all three martyrs who agreed to accept the apology and compensation,” he added.

Source: The Express Tribune January 19, 2018 09:22 UTC