The Arab Union for Resistance to the Expulsion of Arab Christians said, Thursday, that it will sue Israel over development of Kasr Al-Yehud baptismal site on the Israeli side of the River Jordan, near Jericho, which opened almost two months ago. The site, believed to be the third most holy site in Christendom as the place where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, was closed most of the time since 1967.
The month-old union has senior Christian and Muslim members from around the Arab world, and is headed by Jordanian Parliament Speaker Taher Al-Masri. Its threat joins claims of the Jordanian government that the real site is on its side of the river.