The visit was Yair Lapid’s first to Jordan since he took office earlier this month, and the first publicized visit by an Israeli prime minister in years.
“I don’t want to make threats and create an atmosphere of loggerheads, but we are considering all options,” said Abdullah II said when asked if he’d cancel the 1994 peace agreement.
Science and Technology Minister Ofir Akunis made the decision after Amman condemned as "heinous" the killing of a Jordanian citizen by an Israeli policeman attacked by the slain man.
