Jordan’s King Hussein sent Israel $1 million dollars to give to the families of seven Israeli schoolgirls murdered by a Jordanian soldier last March.
The girls were killed, and seven others wounded, while they were on a field trip at the Naharayim border enclave near the Israeli-Jordanian border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed the Cabinet of the gift Sunday.
He said the Jordanian monarch had sent a letter to Israel’s president, Ezer Weizman, saying he viewed him as a good friend.
The Jordanian soldier responsible convicted of the murders, Ahmed Dakamsheh, is serving a life sentence in a Jordanian prison.
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