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UAE, Jordan condemn assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher
Nov 30, 2020 03:24The United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Jordan have joined the long list of countries and international bodies that condemn the Friday assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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Human Rights Watch raps Jordan over arrest of cartoonist criticizing UAE-Israel deal
Aug 29, 2020 01:56Human Rights Watch has censured the detention of prominent Jordanian cartoonist Emad al-Hajjaj for publishing a cartoon satirizing the recent agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Israeli regime to normalize full diplomatic relations, calling on authorities to immediately release and drop abusive charges against him.
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Jordan sets November 10 as date for parliamentary elections
Jul 30, 2020 02:41Jordan has set November 10 as the date for parliamentary elections, hours after a royal decree to hold a countrywide poll, state media say.
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Jordan arrests leaders of teachers union in opposition crackdown
Jul 26, 2020 02:02Jordanian security forces arrested leading members of the opposition-run teachers union on Saturday, raided its offices and shut it down for two years, escalating a confrontation with a group that has become a leading source of dissent.
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Jordan warned Israel of harsh response to even limited annexation: Report
Jun 29, 2020 04:22Jordan has reportedly notified Israel that it would serve a harsh response to even “limited” annexation of the Tel Aviv-occupied West Bank as the Israeli regime plans to annex 30 percent of the Palestinian territory under a US-backed scheme.
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Israeli annexation of West Bank serious violation of intl. law: Jordan
Jun 12, 2020 02:05Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says Israel's controversial plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank constitute a major violation of international law and cannot go unanswered.
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EU concerned over Israel’s annexation plan in West Bank, German FM says
Jun 11, 2020 00:32German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, where he is going to express the European Union’s “concern” over the Tel Aviv regime’s controversial plan to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
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Indonesia, Malaysia warn of Israel's West Bank annexation; Jordan urges action
Jun 01, 2020 01:26Indonesia has warned that Israeli regime’s planned annexation of the occupied West Bank is a “clear violation of international law” that threatens regional peace and stability.
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Jordan warns UK, US of 'unprecedented danger' of Israel’s land grab bid
May 31, 2020 04:41Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has cautioned Britain and the United States against the “unprecedented danger” posed by an Israeli scheme to annex parts of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, urging the international community to step in.
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HRW alarmed by Saudi’s mass trial of Palestinians, Jordanians
Apr 18, 2020 01:32Human Rights Watch (HRW) raises serious questions about the circumstances surrounding Saudi Arabia’s mass arrest, detention, and trial of scores of Palestinians and Jordanians for, what Riyadh calls, association with an unnamed “terrorist organization.”