Israeli Embassy Staff from Jordan Return to Jewish State Following Diplomatic Tension

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The Algemeiner reports: After a day of intense diplomacy, the staff of the Israeli Embassy in Amman — including the security guard who was lightly wounded in an attack near the compound on Sunday — returned home safely to the Jewish state on Monday.

According to media reports, the group — led by Israeli Ambassador to Jordan Einat Shlain — crossed the Allenby Bridge some time before 11 p.m. (Israel time) on Monday night after being holed up in the embassy since Sunday.

Monday saw top-level contacts between the Israeli and Jordanian governments — including a phone call between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah II and a visit to the Jordanian capital by Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman — as the two sides sought to resolve the crisis that erupted a day earlier when the guard shot two Jordanians dead after he was attacked with a screwdriver by one of them.

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