Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled his trip to the United Arab Emirates this morning shortly before he was due to depart. Israeli officials first said there were two reasons for postponing the trip — the prime minister’s wife Sara's hospitalization yesterday with appendicitis and Jordan’s delay in approving Netanyahu’s flight path over Jordanian skies en route to Abu Dhabi.

A statement from Netanyahu's office mentioned only the second reason, saying Amman was retaliating for the cancelation yesterday of a visit by Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah to Al-Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount.

Netanyahu’s visit “was postponed due to difficulties in coordinating his flight in Jordanian airspace. These difficulties apparently stemmed from the cancellation of the Jordanian crown prince’s visit to the Temple Mount due to a disagreement over security procedures at the site.” The prime minister’s office added that eventually Jordan agreed for Netanyahu’s flight to use Jordanian airspace, but due to the delay the prime minister and Emirati Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed agreed to reschedule the visit.

Israeli reports claimed that the visit of the Jordanian crown prince had been coordinated with Israeli security well ahead of time. However, the prince arrived at the Allenby Bridge border crossing with more armed guards than had been agreed upon. Israel refused to let the additional guards enter and Hussein canceled his visit. Other reports said the dispute between the security teams erupted before the crown prince arrived to the crossing point and that Israel had blocked certain roads in preparation for the prince's convoy and that two buses carrying the prince's staff arrived to Jerusalem before the incident.