Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 11/22/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of November 22, 1999
- King Abdullah confers with Indonesian president Jordan-Indonesia, Politics, 11/24/1999
- Arafat in Jordan
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat headed today to Jordan for an official visit during which he will meet with Jordan's King Abdullah II and high-ranking Jordanian officials. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Attack against Israel's embassy in Amman
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that its embassy in the Jordanian capital, Amman, was exposed on Tuesday at 1 p.m. to an attack by a person who approached the premises of the embassy, carrying a pistol and explosives. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 11/24/1999 - Abu Marzouk: Damascus welcomed expelled Hamas leaders, as visitors
In a statement to the London-based al-Hayat daily following the expulsion of the four Hamas leaders from Jordan, the former chairman of the political bureau of the Hamas Movement, Moussa Abu Marzouq, said, "We were surprised by Jordan's official declaration to expel four of the Hamas leaders and the release of others and keeping them in Jordan." Syria-Jordan, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Jordanian king meets with US official on Middle East peace
King Abdullah II of Jordan has asserted the need of reviving the Middle East peace process on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks with the objective of realizing a just and comprehensive peace that provides for returning the Arab rights and lands to their legitimate owners. Jordan-USA, Politics, 11/23/1999 - Jordan expels Hamas leaders to Qatar
The Jordanian government on Sunday evening expelled several leaders of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement who had been detained in Jordan. Jordan-Qatar, Politics, 11/22/1999 - Hamas criticizes deportation of four of its leaders to Qatar
The Hamas resistance movement said that the Jordanian authorities' expulsion of four high-ranking officials in Hamas is illegal, saying these four are Jordanian citizens and tat the decision to deport them to Qatar yesterday violates the Jordanian constitution. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/22/1999 - France Telecom studies purchasing 40% of the Jordanian communications company Jordan-France, Business, 11/22/1999
- Abu Marzouk denounces expulsion of Hamas leaders from Jordan
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a leader in Hamas who was earlier forced to leave Jordan and is residing in Syria, criticized the expulsion of four other Hamas leades from Jordan, saying, "We denounce this action and expusions in any shape, and we resisted it when Israel tried to make it and we frustrated it when south Lebanon refused 416 Palestinians garrisoned till they came back." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 11/22/1999 - On the expulsion of the four Hamas leaders
The crisis between Jordan and the Hamas resistance movement was ended on Sunday evening by the expulsion of several Hamas leaders to Qatar and the release of 22 of its members who were arrested last August in the framework of Jordanian measures taken to end the presence of the movement in the country. Jordan-Qatar, Politics, 11/22/1999 - Jordan, Iran for developing bilateral relations in all areas
The acting speaker of the Jordanian Parliament, Bassam Haddadin, met on Saturday in Amman with the secretary general of the Iranian "Labor House," Ali Mahjoub al-Amin, who is also a member of the Iranian Shoura council, and members of the accompanying delegation. Jordan-Iran, Politics, 11/22/1999 - The Jordanian health minister defends rotten cargo of US wheat
Jordanian Health Minister Ishaq Maraqa defended yesterday a cargo of rotten U.S. wheat in which rats, rodents and insects were found. Jordan, Health, 11/22/1999