Farmers in Jordan intend to sue Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in international courts because of damage from fires Israel allegedly set near the Jordanian border.
Adnan Khaddam, head of the Jordan Valley Farmers' Union, told Amman News that the farmers also intend to sue Israel’s Ambassador in Amman, Daniel Nevo, for damages to their farms and equipment.
Mark Regev, spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Arutz Sheva that he would not comment on the farmers’ threat until he actually sees the lawsuit.
The Jordan Valley, on the eastern border of Israel, is primarily barren and without growth, except for brush that security forces might have to burn down to maintain a clear view of the area so as to apprehend infiltrators.
Khaddam said that most of the fires in the past were caused by flare bombs fired by the Israeli army to monitor the border at night, and actions to detonate mines and burn weeds off the border fence.
He admitted that the fires are for "security reasons, border patrol, and in order to prevent smuggling", which aids the Jordanians as well, but that this does not excuse the damage.
The latest fire this past Friday burned more than 90 citrus trees and woodland areas and damaged irrigation infrastructure, according to the Jordanian report.