The reason for the King Abdullah's visit to Ramallah is that Abbas froze the security cooperation with Israel and as a result is unable to coordinate security arrangements for a flight to Jordan, as he would need to pass via Israeli airspace.

King Abdullah of Jordan will visit Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in Ramallah to discuss the recent Temple Mount crises and the strengthening of the Jordanian-Palestinian relationship regarding the al-Aksa mosque, Arab media reported on Saturday.

Jordan is the official custodian of the Al-Aksa mosque, which is the third holiest site in Islam.

After the terror attack on the Temple Mount that took place on July 14, in which two Arab-Israelis killed two police officers and fled into the Al-Aksa Mosque, tensions surrounding access to and sovereignty of the sacred site remained high.

Police officers chased the attackers and shot them dead and the Israeli government decided to follow the recommendation of the police and install new security measures in the compound , measures that included metal detectors and security cameras.

King Abdullah was fiercely opposed to what he considered to be changes in the status quo and the Palestinians responded with mass prayer protests in the streets facing the metal detectors and the Israeli security personal stationed there to ensure public order.

The standoff came to a peak after an Israeli security guard stationed in the Israeli embassy in Amman was stabbed by a Jordanian citizen. He shot his attacker and killed him, accidentally also killing another Jordanian citizen who was present in the apartment. This incident led to a standoff of a different kind between the Israeli government, who demanded Jordan respect the security guard's diplomatic immunity , and the Jordanians who demanded to be allowed into the embassy and examine the scene.

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Meanwhile, in Israel the family of the security guard, who was already revealed to be Ziv Moyal by the Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad, had to leave their home in southern Israel out of concerns for their safety. Israel filed an official complaint to Jordan as this exposure put Moyal's safety at risk.