Jordan rejects Israeli ‘lies’ over West Bank at UN Security Council
AMMAN: Jordan has said that it never occupied the West Bank, as claimed by Israel, insisting its presence in the disputed territory was part of an administrative arrangement with the Palestinians.
During the UN Security Council’s special session on Jerusalem on Thursday, the Tel Aviv ambassador claimed that Jordan occupied the West Bank in 1950, a suggestion described by his Jordanian counterpart as “lies and misleading information.”
![Palestinian protesters gather during a demonstration against the Israeli settlers' wildcat outpost of Eviatar, in the town of Beita, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP file photo) Palestinian protesters gather during a demonstration against the Israeli settlers' wildcat outpost of Eviatar, in the town of Beita, near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP file photo)](https://www.arabnews.com/sites/default/files/2023/01/06/3617161-1395804546.jpg)