Jordan warned of the danger of "extremist racist" ideology, which was manifested in a "disgusting, reckless" manner in the statements of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, according to a statement issued by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday.

According to the statement, Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned, during a phone call on Wednesday evening with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, of "the danger of extremist racist ideology, which was manifested in a reckless and disgusting manner in Smotrich's statements and actions."

During an evening organized Sunday by an extremist Zionist group in Paris, Smotrich denied, from a rostrum hung a map of Israel that includes the Kingdom and the Palestinian territories, the existence of the Palestinians as a people and as individuals.

Al-Safadi called on the international community to take "a clear and direct stance against hate speech and incitement that fuel violence and conflict in occupied Palestine and violate common human norms and values."

He stressed that "the Israeli government bears responsibility for hate speech, racist incitement, and the disgusting behavior of the Israeli Minister of Finance and its consequences, and it must declare its rejection openly and clearly."

For his part, Borrell described Smotrich's statements as "dangerous and unacceptable," according to the same source.

He stressed "the need for the Israeli government to take a clear position confirming that these statements do not represent it."

He recalled the position of the European Union rejecting "all unilateral Israeli measures, and adhering to the two-state solution as a way to achieve peace."

On Wednesday, the Jordanian parliament voted by majority on a proposal to expel the Israeli ambassador from Amman in response to Smotrich's use of a map of Israel that includes the kingdom and the Palestinian territories, and his denial of the existence of the Palestinian people.

The vote came two days after Israel's ambassador to Amman, Eitan Surkis, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to protest Smotrich's behavior.

The statements of the Israeli Minister of Finance faced sharp international criticism, even by Washington, which considered it "insulting" and "dangerous."
Video clips and pictures of Smotrich making those statements spread from a podium on which was hung a map of "Greater Israel" that includes Jordan and the Palestinian territories.

Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1994 that ended decades of war between them.