The US and Israel are "actively working" to strip Jordan of its historic custodianship of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, and are pursuing a new arrangement that would see the management of the revered Muslim site closely align with Israeli interests, multiple sources have told Middle East Eye.

The plan has sparked fears that Jordan's role in Jerusalem could be sidelined in favour of a new arrangement aligned with Israeli interests

The US and Israel are "actively working" to strip Jordan of its historic custodianship of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, and are pursuing a new arrangement that would see the…

Tampering with the Hashemite status quo at Jerusalem's holy sites would put the region and the world on a collision course