Jordan's King Abdullah expressed concern on Sunday over a decision by Washington to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and said the only solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict was a two-state one.

In remarks during talks with U.S. Vice Mike Pence in Amman, he reiterated that East Jerusalem had to be the capital of a future Palestinian state.

Israel apologizes to Jordan over embassy shooting Israel confirmed Thursday it had reached a deal with Jordan over a shooting incident last July at the Israeli embassy in Amman that left two Jordanians dead.“Israel and Jordan have reached an agreement over the shooting incident which occurred at the Israeli embassy in Amman in which an Israeli security guard killed two Jordanians,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.“The Israeli embassy in Jordan will return to full operation immediately,” the statement added.In July 2017, an Israeli security guard shot dead two Jordanian workers in a residential building for Israeli embassy staff after he was stabbed by one of them with a screwdriver.US withholds $65M aid to Palestine: State DeptIsrael banning reconstruction work at Al-AqsaAccording to the statement, the two countries also reached an agreement over a shooting incident in March 2014 when a Jordanian judge was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at the Allenby Bridge Border Crossing between Israel and Jordan.“Israeli authorities will continue to investigate the material relating to the incident in July 2017 and are expected to reach a decision in the coming weeks," the statement said."Israel attaches great importance to the strategic relations with Jordan, and the states will act to promote cooperation between them and to strengthen the peace agreement."Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani was quoted by the state news agency Petra as saying that Jordan’s Foreign Ministry had on Thursday received an official memorandum from the Israeli Foreign Ministry in which it expressed regret and apologized to Jordan over the shooting incident at its embassy.“The memorandum expressed the Israeli government's commitment to resume cooperation with the government of Jordan and resolve this issue,” Momani said.

Palestinian detainee dies of cancer in Israeli prison A Palestinian detainee has died of cancer in an Israeli prison, according to a Palestinian NGO on Saturday.Hussien Attallah, 57, died in the Israeli Ramleh prison clinic after cancer spread in his body, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said in statement.“He was diagnosed with cancer 9 months ago and suffered a deliberate medical negligence from Israeli authorities,” the NGO said.Last week, Israeli authorities refused a request to release Attallah from prison, despite his deteriorating health condition, according to the NGO.Around 219 Palestinian detainees have died in Israeli jails, some of whom had passed away shortly after being released from prison.Over 6,400 Palestinians are currently languishing in prisons located throughout Israel, according to Palestinian official figures.