Jordan’s decision to ban Jews visiting or praying at a Jewish religious site--Aaron’s tomb situated on Jordan’s Mount Hor--has seriously threatened the Israel-Jordan peace treaty and possibly postponed even further the long-awaited release of President Trump’s plans aimed at ending the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict.
The United Nations Security Council could also be faced with choosing to censure Jordan or avert its gaze from this distinctly disturbing incident of Jew-hatred.
The Jewish claim to visit and pray on Mount Hor is rooted in the Old Testament Numbers 20: 23-29: