Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/20/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 20, 1999
- Mashaal: Resistance a legitimate right in the occupied lands
Khaled Mashaal, head of the political office of the Hamas resistance movement, expressed his hope that King Abdullah of Jordan will reconsider his opinion in order to end the crisis between Hamas and the Jordanian government. Jordan, Politics, 9/25/1999 - On arresting Hamas leaders in Amman Jordan, Politics, 9/25/1999
- Islamic national conference denounces arrest of Hamas leaders
The Islamic National Conference held in Beirut on Friday denounced the detention of two senior officials in the Hamas leadership who returned to their homeland, Jordan, including a member of the follow-up committee of the Islamic national conference, Khaled Mashaal. Regional-Jordan, Politics, 9/25/1999 - Jordanian government not backing off in procedures against Hamas
Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Information Minister Aymen al-Majali stated today that the decision to arrest Hamas' leaders in Jordan and close the movement's offices is a decision taken by the Jordanian government and that it will "never back off from it." Jordan, Politics, 9/24/1999 - Hamas appeals to Arab leaders to intervene, end detention of its leaders
The spiritual leader of the Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, has called on Arab and Muslim leaders to release the six leaders and members of the Hamas movement who were arrested on Wednesday when they arrived in Amman, Jordan. He stressed Hamas' opposition to all pressures made on it. Jordan, Politics, 9/24/1999 - Hamas urges King Abdullah to intervene to release its leaders
Sheikh Ahmad Yassin stressed his movement's opposition to resorting to confrontation as a means of reacting to these measures, saying that his movement does not take part in confrontation measures except with the "Israeli enemy." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/23/1999 - Hamas statement on leaders' arrest
The chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas movement in Jordan, Khaled Mashaal, has announced in an interview with Monte Carlo radio that the return of the movement's members to Jordan is a natural right and therefore "nobody can prevent us from this right." Jordan, Politics, 9/23/1999 - Islamists meet in Amman
An Islamist official said in Amman on Wednesday that a joint meeting of the leadership of the Muslim Brothers group in Jordan and the Islamic Work Front (the political party of the group), was held immediately after they returned from Amman's airport, after they had received Hamas leaders who were arrested. Jordan, Politics, 9/23/1999 - Jordanian authorities arrest Hamas leaders
The Jordanian security authorities on Wednesday arrested the three wanted leaders of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashaal, Mousa Abu Marzouk and Ibrahim Ghoushe, immediately upon their arrival at Queen Alia International Airport near Amman, coming from Tehran at 9 a.m. Wednesday morning. Jordan, Politics, 9/23/1999 - US gives loans for Aqaba railroad upgrade
The US governmental Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) gave loan guarantees worth $55 million to the Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation for work on Jordan's Aqaba Railway Company's lines to help increase Jordanian phosphate exports. Jordan-USA, Business, 9/23/1999 - Hamas leaders arrested
Three Hamas leaders were detained in Amman upon arrival to the airport with Mousa Abu Marzouk being redirected to Yemen because he holds a Yemeni passport. Khaled Mashaal and Ibrahim Ghosheh were arrested. Jordan, Politics, 9/22/1999 - Jordanian delegation to final status negotiations
The Jordanian daily al-Doustour on Tuesday said, according to unofficial sources, that the advisor of King Abdullah, Adnan Abu Odeh, is "one of the closest candidates" for chairing the Jordanian delegation to the final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 9/22/1999 - Jordanian government agrees to reform election laws
The Jordanian government agreed to an increase in the number of members of the Jordanian deputies' council to 120 members from 80. Jordan, Politics, 9/21/1999 - A Syrian ambassador to be nominated in Amman Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/21/1999
- Yassin: Hamas leaders will soon be in Amman
The spiritual leader of the Hamas resistance movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, has said in a statement issues on Monday in the independent Jordanian weekly al-Bilad that the Jordanian authorities found weapons in the movement's offices in Amman, yet "those weapons are not violating the laws" because they are licensed by the Jordanian intelligence and by the Ministry of the Interior and intended for the personal protection of individuals. Jordan, Politics, 9/21/1999 - Israel appoints six Mossad officers in its embassy in Jordan
The Egyptian newspaper El-Ahram quoted diplomatic sources in Amman as saying today that six new diplomats were attached to the Israeli embassy in Jordan. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 9/21/1999 - Pope John Paul II, King Abdullah welcome positive atmosphere for Middle East peace
The Vatican has announced that Pope John Paul II and Jordan's King Abdullah Bin Hussein discussed the Middle East peace process during their meeting on Saturday in Castelgandolfo, the summer residence of the pope. Jordan-Vatican, Politics, 9/20/1999 - Anti-normalization conference in Amman Jordan, Politics, 9/20/1999
- Hamas accuses Jordanian government of escalating the crisis
The Hamas movement issued a statement yesterday in which it replied to the most recent Jordanian statement regarding the closure of Hamas' offices in the Jordanian capital, Amman. Jordan, Politics, 9/20/1999