Jordan says it won't renew peace treaty land deal with Israel


FILE PHOTO: Jordan's King Abdullah speaks during the opening of the third ordinary session of the 18th Parliament in Amman, Jordan October 14, 2018. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan said on Sunday it would not extend the 25-year deal that allows Israel to use two tracts of territory along its border just as Israel said it was still planning to negotiate an extension.

Much of the land in Baquora in the northwestern part of the kingdom and Ghumar in the south is used by Israeli farmers, some of whom were given private land ownership rights and special travel rights under a 1994 peace treaty between the two countries.

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