Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 11/16/1998
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of November 16, 1998
- Sharon to visit Jordan, Russia next week
Russian sources in Cairo told ArabicNews.com that Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon is to arrive in Moscow at the end of the coming week at the invitation of his Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov. Jordan-Israel-Russia, Politics, 11/20/1998 - Jordanian Islamists accuse Palestinian government of planning assassinations in Jordan
The official spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood group in Jordan, Jamil Abu Baker, said on Thursday that his group received information saying that security forces in the Palestinian Authority are planning to assassinate several figures in Jordan. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/20/1998 - Israel's foreign Minister to visit Amman next week
Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon will head for Amman in the middle of next week, accompanied by Minister of Industry and Trade Nathan Sheransky. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 11/19/1998 - Jordanian crown prince confers with PA official Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/19/1998
- German President arrives in Amman Jordan-Germany, Politics, 11/18/1998
- Jordanian students arrested for demonstrating against Wye agreement
The Jordanian authorities on Tuesday arrested the chairman of the Student Union at Mu'ta University in southern Jordan's al-Karak province after being dismissed from the university, following a demonstration recently held at the university in protest of the Wye Plantation agreement between the Palestinian government and Israel. Jordan, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Jordan replies to Amnesty's accusations human rights violations
A Jordanian governmental official said in reply to a report issued by Amnesty International that accuses Jordan of breaching human rights that Jordan respected the law, yet it has been exposed to the disturbances that prevailed in other spots of the Middle East. Jordan, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Mishal: Hamas leaders harassed in Jordan
The chairman of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement has asserted that leaders of the movement in Jordan have been exposed to a campaign of harassment since the signing of the Wye River accord between the Palestinian government and Israel. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 11/18/1998 - Report: Jordan warns Palestinians not to carry out inter-Palestinian revenge acts
A Jordanian daily has reported that the Jordanian government warned the Palestinian authorities against carrying out "revenge acts and killings of its opponents on the Jordanian arena regardless to reasons and motivations." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/17/1998 - Washington supports Jordanian demands to open Palestinian markets Jordan, Economics, 11/17/1998
- Tarawneh in US to meet with King Jordan, Politics, 11/16/1998
- Two Egyptians executed in Jordan Jordan, Judicial, 11/16/1998