Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 4/1/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of April 1, 2002
- Demonstrations of anger sweeps Jordan
Large demonstrations prevailed the Jordanian cities and started from mosques and public squares following Friday's prayers as an expression of the anger of the Jordanian masses by all their groups over the fierce Israeli aggression officially backed by the US administration. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/6/2002 - Arafat holds telephone calls with Abu al-Ragheb
The chairman of the Palestinian authority Yasser Arafat on Friday discussed with the Jordanian prime minister Ali Abu al-Ragheb the grave conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories during a telephone call he received from him on Friday. Palestine-Jordan, Politics, 4/6/2002 - Jordanian prince and the American efforts
Former Jordanian crown prince and brother of the late Jordanian King al-Hussein Bin Talal has warned that the American efforts for mediation to reach a cease fire in the Middle East is doomed to failure in case Washington ignores the economic and social problems in the unstable region. Jordan-USA, Politics, 4/6/2002 - Israel promotes false currencies, drugs in Jordan
The Jordanian weekly al-Itijah has unveiled that Israeli sides have promoted false foreign currencies use in the Jordanian market and smuggling drugs and very bad kind of Israeli tobacco as well as smuggling the Jordanian sand to Israel. Jordan-Israel, Local, 4/6/2002 - Al-Mashaar heads for Washington carrying a message from King Abdullah to Bush
The Jordanian foreign minister Marwan al-Mashaar left Amman on Thursday for Washington carrying a message from the Jordanian King Abdullah to the US President George Bush concerning the deteriorated conditions in the Middle East. Jordan-USA, Politics, 4/5/2002 - Arab ambassadors in Amman voice solidarity with Palestinians
The Ambassadors of the Arab states in Amman on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Palestinian consulate in Amman "in solidarity with the Palestinian people against which Israel is launching a war of extermination." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 4/4/2002 - Jordanian opposition stands against the government over relations with Israel
The secretary general of the Islamic Labor Front in Jordan, Abdul Latif Arabeyat has stated in an interview with the Monte Carlo radio on Tuesday " we do not hold identical views with the Jordanian government that protecting the occupied territories and the Palestinians as well as Jordan requires having a firm stand and not expelling the Israeli ambassador under the pretext of keeping a diplomatic channel opened with the Jews." Jordan-Israel, Politics, 4/3/2002 - General strike, demonstrations and calls for Jihad: Jordan denies expeling Israeli ambassador
A high ranking Jordanian governmental official said on Monday that Jordan does not intend to expel the Israeli ambassador from its territories because the continuity of dialogue with Israel is useful for the Palestinians. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 4/2/2002 - Jordan warns Israel
The Jordanian foreign minister Marwan al-Mashaar has warned that Jordan will take measures against Israel if it will not pull out immediately from the Palestinian territories it had recently invaded. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 4/1/2002