AMMAN — A majority of the Jordanian Parliament voted on Wednesday, Feb. 26, to seek the expulsion of Israel’s ambassador to the kingdom after the Jewish state’s Knesset debated Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Prominent lower house deputy Khalil Attieh told AFP that 86 out of 150 members of parliament voted to seek the expulsion of Israeli envoy Daniel Nevo.

The vote, which is not legally binding, came a day after 47 MPs, including Attieh, signed a motion demanding that a 1994 peace treaty with Israel be annulled.

“All deputies who attended a meeting today to discuss Israel’s debate on sovereignty over Al-Aqsa voted to kick out the Israeli envoy and recall the Jordanian ambassador in Israel (Walid Obeidat),” Attieh said.

“This was in protest at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) debate. It is up to the government to act on the vote. If it does not, we will consider a no-confidence motion.”

State-run Petra news agency said the MPs “demanded the government take immediate action to stop Israel’s schemes.”

Government-owned al-Rai newspaper said 47 out of 150 members of the lower house signed a motion late Tuesday calling for the treaty with Israel to be annulled.

Under the peace treaty, Jordan is the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.

“Israel’s actions clearly violate the peace treaty… it is aggression against Jordanian custodianship,” the motion said.

On Tuesday evening, the Knesset held the first part of a debate called by right-wingers demanding that Israel end its practice of forbidding Jewish prayer at the compound.