PM prevents border ‘punch-up’ between MPs

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has intervened to prevent a possible fistfight between an outspoken MP and his Jordanian counterpart.

The pair had arranged to meet on the border between their countries after exchanging insults on social media. A violent clash was widely expected.

But at the last moment Mr Netanyahu ordered MP Oren Hazan to pull out.

Relations between the two neighbouring countries have been strained since a shooting at the end of July.

On 23 July, an Israeli security guard shot dead two Jordanians near Israel’s embassy in Jordan.