Jordan: release of the chairman of anti-normalization committee

A Jordanian judicial source said that Ali Abu Sukkar, the last detained member in a trade union committee which stand against normalization with Israel was released on Wednesday after his other 6 colleagues were released earlier.

The same source said that Abu Sukkar, the chairman of the anti- normalization committee with Israel, was released at a guarantee of 10 Jordanian dinars ( $ 14,000).

He was arrested together with six members in the committee in January this year and he was accused of being members in " illegal organization" after the committee had published " a black list" including names of persons and establishments who deal with Israel.