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Sharon Warns Jordan on Security Fence
(Jerusalem Post) Nine Gilbert and Tovah Lazaroff - Prime Minister Sharon told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday that Amman's recent statements on Israel's security fence are "damaging" bilateral ties. Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher said last week, "We're going to The Hague at the end of the month to make a case, a Jordanian case, against the wall." Sharon noted that Jordan is acting out of concern that the erection of the fence will cause Palestinian migration into Jordan. Sharon termed the Jordanian campaign against the fence a "departure" from the "close to strategic" relationship with Israel. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom will be traveling to Jordan next week. An official said the government has asked committees to study possible changes in the fence route as well as technical means of easing movement for Palestinians for humanitarian reasons.