Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 7/14/1997
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of July 14, 1997
- Jordan faces political crisis as opposition parties boycott election
In a move that could seriously undermine Jordan's experiment in democracy, Islamist and secular opposition parties are edging towards endorsing a call by the influential Muslim Brotherhood to pull out of parliamentary elections that are scheduled for November. Jordan, Politics, 7/17/1997 - Israel buys more Jordanian lands Jordan, Economics, 7/15/1997
- Daqamsa faces sentencing on July 19
Brigadier Mamoun al-Khasawneh set the date after an expert witness said under Jordanian law army private Ahmed Daqamsa had "diminished responsibility" for his actions because he suffered from personality problems. Jordan, Local, 7/14/1997