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CAIRO, July 22-- The Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers discussed in a phone call on Saturday the possible Arab steps and measures to be taken against the recent Israeli assaults against the Palestinians in Jerusalem, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The phone talk between Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi "addressed the deteriorating security conditions in Jerusalem and around Al-Aqsa Mosque and the serious aggressions of the Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinians," said Egyptian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid in the statement. The two sides stressed the urgent necessity to stop the Israeli escalation against the Palestinians and remove the restrictions imposed on religious practices at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Jordan considers holding an emergency meeting for Arab foreign ministers over Israeli violations in East Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to Jordan's state-run Petra news agency. Israel shut down the holy site on July 14, and installed checkpoints and metal detectors at its entrances after three Palestinian Muslims with Israeli citizenship shot two Israeli policemen. The attackers were later killed by Israeli police. On Friday, three Palestinian protesters were killed and hundreds others were injured in clashes with Israeli troops over Israel's restriction on the Muslim entrance to the holy site, which sparked anger throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. | 
