Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 7/10/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of July 10, 2000
- Jordanian government wins the confidence of parliament Jordan, Politics, 7/14/2000
- Larsen hopes to eliminate all Israeli violations in South Lebanon
The UN delegate to the Middle East Terry Larsen has expressed his hope the process of eliminating the Israeli violations on the borders with Lebanon by the end of the current month. Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 7/14/2000 - Japan finances King Hussein's bridge
It was officially announced in Amman on Thursday the beginning of a project, inaugurated by Japan to build a new bridge in the name of the late Jordanian King Hussein on the Jordan river, linking the Jordanian territories to the west bank at a cost of US $ 9.7 million. Jordan-Japan, Economics, 7/14/2000 - Egyptian businessman establishes a tourist project in al-Aqaba
The Jordanian daily al-Arab al-Youm on Wednesday said that the Egyptian businessman and billionaire Najib Sawyers has bought a piece of Land in Aqaba, southern Jordan to establish a tourism project on it. The Jordanian paper explained that Sawyers bought some 74 hectares to build a tourism village including hotels, restaurants and luxury sites at an estimated cost of 1.8 billion Jordanian dinars ( US $ 2.5 billion). Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 7/13/2000 - King Abdullah confers with Israeli army chief of staff
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday in Amman met with the Israeli army chief of staff Shaoul Moufaz. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 7/12/2000 - Jordanian businessman buys an Israeli factory Jordan-Israel, Economics, 7/11/2000
- Kidnapper of the Jordanian plane hid weapons in a recorder
Jordanian minister of transport Mahmoud al-Kalakdah has stated that the Syrian Mahmoud Rizq Deib who tried last Wednesday to kidnap a plane for the Jordanian royal airline while flying from Amman to Damascus could hide a pistol and bomb inside a recorder. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 7/11/2000 - The mummy sequel shoot in Morocco and Jordan Jordan-Morocco, Economics, 7/11/2000
- Consultations for a political solution to exiled Hamas leaders
Sources in the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas stated that there are communications for finding a political solution for the case of the four Hamas leaders that were expatriated from Jordan to Qatar. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Jordan : Right of return for Palestinians is important
He stressed that Jordan is determinant to implement UN resolution number 194 provides for the right to return and the right to compensate for the Palestinian refugees. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/10/2000 - Jordanian concern of the creation of a border talks with Israel
Israeli political sources said on Sunday that it is revealed from messages from Amman that Jordan is concerned with keeping the current conditions in the " Jordan Valley " ( Ghore al-Aurdun) district out of fears this might lead to creating a joint border line there with a Palestinian state to weaken Jordan's stability. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 7/10/2000