AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi will tell U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman on Saturday that Israel must end its war on Gaza where he said it was committing war crimes by bombing civilians and imposing a siege.
In a foreign ministry statement, Safadi warned that Israel's unreadiness to end the war was pushing the region rapidly towards a regional war that threatened world peace.
"Safadi will stress (to Blinken) the need to move immediately to stop the Israeli war on Gaza ... and that Israel abide by international law and stop its breaches," Safadi said.
Jordan, which shares a border with the West Bank, absorbed the bulk of Palestinians who fled or were driven out of their homes when Israel was created in 1948.
(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi; Editing by Chris Reese and Sandra Maler)
Persons:
Ayman Safadi, Antony Blinken, Safadi, Israel, Blinken, King Abdullah, Israel's, Suleiman Al, Khalidi, Chris Reese, Sandra Maler
Organizations:
Jordanian, U.S, West Bank, Jordan
Locations:
AMMAN, Amman, Israel, Gaza, Jordan