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18 April 2023: King Abdullah II and United Arab Emirates President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan held a meeting that covered the deep-rooted ties between the two countries.
The meeting, held at Al Bateen Palace and attended by Crown Prince Hussein, covered means to expand cooperation across various sectors, in the best interest of the two countries. King Abdullah voiced pride in the strength of the historical ties between Jordan and the UAE. The two leaders expressed keenness to maintain coordination and consultation on issues of mutual concern, in service of regional security and stability. His Majesty and Crown Prince Hussein attended an iftar hosted by Sheikh Mohamed in the King’s honour. (Source: Petra)
Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan, and Jordan’s Ambassador to the UAE Nassar Habashneh attended the meeting and the iftar. From the Emirati side, UAE Vice President Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as well as a number of senior officials, were in attendance.
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Spectacle Radio ep.111 :: 02.01.24 :: Uneasy Listening
Orbital - Pent TV Ident Jan Terri - Get Down Goblin (Jan Terri: No Rules, dir. Darren Hacker & Fred Hickler, 2023)
Otomo Yoshihide - Bath Cream 1 (Tokyo Elegy, dir. Aryan Kaganof, 1999) Gianni Gebbia - Zabare (The Secret Voyage, dir. Raul Ruiz) Gabriel Black & Screamin Sax - Making Up for Lost Time (The Initiation, dir. Larry Stewart, 1984) … Children Nevertheless (dir. Khadijeh Habashneh, 1979) Aida Nadeem - In the Future They Ate on the Finest Porcelain (Larisa Sansour, 2012) Step by Step (dir. Randa Chahal Sabbag, 1979) DAM - Bahriyya (Salt of the Sea, dir. Annemarie Jacir, 2008)
Ali Sabah & Roar Skau Olsen - Nation Estate (Larisa Sansour, 2012) Nuh Ibrahim - Min Sijin Akka (From Akka's Prison) (When I Saw You, dir. Annemarie Jacir, 2012) Leila Mourad - Ana Albi Dalili (The Time that Remains, dir. Elia Suleiman, 2009) Jimmy Giuffre - Flute Song (Les Femmes Palestiniennes, dir. Jocelyne Saab, 1974)
Rich Kirby & Michael Kline - They Can't Put It Back (Appalachian Journey, dir. Mike Dibb, Mark Kidel, & Alan Lomax, 1990)
Blackjack Davy (Bluegrass Roots, dir. David Hoffman, 1965)
Prodigal Son (Bluegrass Roots, dir. David Hoffman, 1965)
… Merzbow (Beyond Ultraviolence, dir. Aryan Kaganof, 1998)
Sorcery - Rainbow Eyes (Rocktober Blood, dir. Beverly Sebastian, 1984) Tyxe - Misunderstood (Lone Wolf, dir. John Callas, 1988) Count Raven - Angel of Death (Death Metal Zombies, dir. Todd Jason Cook, 1995)
Incantation - Absolved in Blood (Afterparty Massacre, dir. Kristoff Bates & Kyle Severn, 2011) Deceased - Nuclear Exorcist (Death Metal Zombies)
Godflesh - Absorber (Mortal Kombat Annihilation, dir. John R. Leonetti, 1997) Dead World - Paroxysmal Euphoria (Death Metal Zombies)
Merzbow (Beyond Ultraviolence) Boris & Sunn o))) - Blood Swamp (The Limits of Control, Jim Jarmusch, 2009)
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Them - It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Rocker, dir. Klaus Lemke, 1972)
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Marokkanische Sahara: das Königreich Jordanien bekundet seine beständige Unterstützung der territorialen Integrität des Königreichs Marokko gegenüber
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Vereinte Nationen (New York)–das Königreich Jordanien bekundete am Montag, dem 09. Oktober 2023 in New York seine beständige Unterstützung der territorialen Integrität des Königreichs Marokko und seiner nationalen Souveränität gegenüber.
In seiner Ansprache vor den Mitgliedern des 4. Ausschusses der UNO-Generalversammlung würdigte der Vertreter Jordaniens, Herr Ahmad Samir Habashneh, die vonseiten des Königreichs Marokko unterbreitete Autonomieinitiative zum Erzielen einer Lösung für die Frage der marokkanischen Sahara auf politischem und auf friedensstiftendem Wege ausgehend von Kompromissen im Einklang mit den einschlägigen Resolutionen des Sicherheitsrats.
Er stellte überdies die Bemühungen des UNO-Generalsekretärs und seines persönlichen Gesandten, Herrn Staffan de Mistura, klar heraus, mit einschließlich seine jüngsten Besuche, die darauf abzielten, den Prozess auf politischem Wege aufs Neue in Gang bringen zu dürfen, zwecks dessen eine realistische und dauerhafte Lösung für die Frage der marokkanischen Sahara in Übereinstimmung mit den internationalen Standards und mit den einschlägigen Resolutionen des Sicherheitsrats erzielen zu dürfen.
Der jordanische Diplomat unterstrich zum Schluss die zentrale Bedeutung der starken Beziehungen, die die beiden brüderlichen Königreiche mit einander vereinen, den Wunsch hegend, sie in den verschiedenen Bereichen erstarken zu haben.
Quellen:
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http://www.sahara-social.com
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Crown Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah met two girls who won an international prize in artificial intelligence field
His Royal highness Prince Hussein Bin Abdullah, the crown Prince invited two girls from creativity club to his office Engineer Suha Muhammad Al-Habashneh and Eng. Hana Yassin Al-Ramadin who won an international prize in artificial intelligence field.
His Highness expressed his appreciation and admiration for this global achievement and the importance of employing it to support creators and innovators in the field of artificial intelligence and the necessity for the club to continue to empower young people with the tools of the era, represented in the digital revolution.
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Rona Sela, LOOTED & HIDDEN - Palestinian Archives in Israel (2017)
Director: Rona Sela
Script: Rona Sela Main Editors: Ran Slavin, Lev Goltser Additional Editors: Thalia Hoffman, Iris Refaeli Original Music: Ran Slavin Sound Mix: Itzik Cohen – Jungle Studio, Yuri Primenko Participants: Khadijeh Habashneh, Sabri Jiryis, Former IDF Soldier, Rona Sela Narration: Sheikha Helawy, Shadi Khalilian, Ran Slavin, Dalia Tsahor Graphic Design: Yanek Iontef Translation: Ilona Merber
The film was made possible through the generous support of Sally Stein in memory of Allan Sekula, and additional foundations
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LOOTED & HIDDEN - Palestinian Archives in Israel from Rona Sela on Vimeo.
The film was open on May 15th,2018 (the 70th Nakba Day) for private viewing only. For any public or commercial screening please contact Rona Sela at: [email protected]
Main Credits:
Director: Rona Sela Script: Rona Sela Main Editors: Ran Slavin, Lev Goltser Additional Editors: Thalia Hoffman, Iris Refaeli Original Music: Ran Slavin Sound Mix: Itzik Cohen – Jungle Studio, Yuri Primenko Participants: Khadijeh Habashneh, Sabri Jiryis, Former IDF Soldier, Rona Sela Narration: Sheikha Helawy, Shadi Khalilian, Ran Slavin, Dalia Tsahor Graphic Design: Yanek Iontef Translation: Ilona Merber
The film was made possible through the generous support of Sally Stein in memory of Allan Sekula, and additional foundations
© Rona Sela, 2017
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hackesh · 5 years
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Jordan's former interior minister: I hope there are 50 million and not 10 million weapons for Jordanians Jordanian media quoted former Interior Minister Samir Habashneh as saying that several threats threaten Jordan, primarily "greed" Israel in its territory, expressing his refusal to withdraw the weapons authorized by the citizens.
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zodiacpostgenerator · 7 years
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The signs as Culture ministers of Jordan:
Aries, Libra: Sherif Fawaz Sharaf
Taurus, Scorpio: Marwan Dudin
Gemini, Sagittarius: Abdelmunim Al-Rifai
Cancer, Capricorn: Samir Habashneh
Leo, Aquarius: Amin Mahmoud
Virgo, Pisces: Haider Mahmoud
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Jordan protesters call for political reform | News
Scores of protesters gathered in Jordan’s capital Amman on Saturday, calling for constitutional reform and the institution of parliamentary democracy within the nation.
Led by members of the “Nationwide Observe-Up Committee”, a pro-reform coalition together with army veterans, leftists and Islamists, the protesters railed towards corruption and financial insurance policies that they are saying have introduced the nation’s financial system to its knees.
Images and movies posted on social media confirmed scores of individuals gathered for the rally in a public sq.. One group held aloft a banner bearing the slogan “the royal nationwide anthem is slavery”.
Organisers stated that greater than 400 individuals attended the demonstration, though Al Jazeera couldn’t independently confirm the determine.
Forward of the protest, the Committee issued a press release demanding fast reform and likewise referred to as on the Jordanian monarch King Abdullah II to enter right into a dialogue with them.
Regardless of our repeated calls on the King to expedite reform and to crack down on corruption, he by no means listened to the heartbeat of the road or addressed our grievances.
Retired military common Sulieman al-Maaitah
One of many protesters’ key calls for is for the king to rescind the constitutional amendments he carried out in 2016, which significantly elevated his powers.
On account of the adjustments, which Jordan’s parliament handed with a sizeable majority on the time, the monarch was empowered to nominate the top of the judiciary and the heads of the army and safety companies by royal decree.
Checking the king’s powers
King Abdullah II’s reputation has declined amongst key segments of Jordanian society, primarily army retirees and the highly effective tribes whose members make up nearly all of the armed forces and authorities forms.
Retired military common Suleiman al-Maaitah, one of many leaders of Saturday’s protest, instructed Al Jazeera that the king has surrounded himself with people who find themselves seen by the general public as corrupt, disloyal and motivated by private and enterprise pursuits.
“Regardless of our repeated calls on the King to expedite reform and to crack down on corruption, he has by no means listened to the heartbeat of the road or addressed our grievances,” he stated.
Al-Maaitah additionally criticised the federal government of Prime Minister Omar al-Razzaz, calling it “powerless” and alleged it was “beholden to Jordan’s spy company”, the Mukhabarat.
“The safety companies appoint members of the parliament who now not characterize the general public, fairly their pay masters throughout the halls of energy within the nation,” he added.
In 2011, former Mukhabarat chief Mohamad al-Raqaad, instructed Jordan’s higher home that he personally put in nearly all of members of the parliament in two elections cycles starting in 2007 whereas he was head of the company.
Democratic governance
Hussam Abdallat, a former senior authorities official turned political activist, instructed Al Jazeera that Jordanians have been calling on the king to dissolve parliament, appoint a nationwide salvation authorities and to carry new free and democratic parliamentary elections.
Abdallat, who attended the rally in Amman, stated Jordan’s financial system, political life and social material have deteriorated beneath King Abdullah II’s management.
We aren’t towards the King personally or the royal Hashemite household, however we would like real democratic reform and the return of parliamentary illustration in accordance with structure
Political activist Hussam Abdallat
Nevertheless, Abdallat burdened that he’s not against the royal household.
“We aren’t towards the king personally or the royal Hashemite household, however we would like real democratic reform and the return of parliamentary illustration in accordance with structure,” he stated.
With nationwide poverty and unemployment charges round 20 %, hundreds of Jordanians took to the streets in June to protest towards former Prime Minister Hani al-Mulqi’s authorities’s deliberate austerity measures and a proposed regulation that will have elevated taxes on bizarre residents.
The king ended up sacking al-Mulqi’s authorities and appointed the present al-Razzaz authorities, which presently faces its personal decline in reputation over the allegations of being “gentle on corruption” and “endemic weak spot”.
Retired military Normal Ali Habashneh, a key former army common behind the protests, instructed Al Jazeera that constitutional reform and limiting the king’s absolute powers have been essential steps the king may take to calm the streets and start a strategy of reconciliation and political reform within the nation.
“We would like the king and the federal government to comply with the structure that claims the persons are the supply of all powers within the nation,” he stated.
Al Jazeera contacted Jordanian authorities spokesperson Jumana Ghunaimat for feedback on this report however didn’t obtain a response earlier than publication.
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23 June 2022: King Abdullah II met with United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi.
His Majesty and Sheikh Mohamed discussed ways to advance cooperation, across the political, economic, development and investment spheres, especially since the UAE is among the major investors in Jordan. (Source: Petra)
The King commended Sheikh Mohamed’s efforts in supporting progress and advancement in the UAE, as well as his keenness on achieving prosperity for the Emirati people, and serving Arab and Islamic causes. At the beginning of the meeting, Sheikh Mohamed welcomed His Majesty, and extended best wishes to Jordan and its people. The two sides agreed on the need to maintain coordination and consultation on issues of mutual concern, in service of shared interests, Arab causes, and regional security and stability. The meeting also covered regional and international developments, foremost of which is the Palestinian cause. Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Director of the Office of His Majesty Jafar Hassan, and Jordan’s Ambassador to the UAE Nassar Habashneh attended the meeting on the Jordanian side. Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE national security adviser, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE deputy prime minister and minister of presidential affairs, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Nahyan, adviser for special affairs at the UAE ministry of presidential affairs, and other senior officials attended the meeting on the Emirati side.
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By James M. Dorsey / Mid East Soccer.
A web of formal and informal Israeli-Arab relations and common fears of renewed popular uprisings that could threaten regimes and benefit Islamist groups like the Muslim Brotherhood facilitated Israel’s backing down in the crisis over Jerusalem’s Temple Mount or Haram al Sharif, home to Islam’s third most holy shrine, the Al Aqsa mosque. Protests in recent weeks that forced Israel to lift restrictions on access and dismantle security arrangements installed on a site that evokes deep-seated emotions among Muslims and Jews alike had all the makings of a popular revolt and could yet prove to be a catalyst in approaches to Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation of lands captured half a century ago during the 1967 Middle East war. The security equipment was initially installed after two Palestinians with Israeli nationality shot dead two Israeli policemen in the compound. The spontaneous protests that erupted independent of established political forces such as the Palestinian Authority (PA) headed by President Mahmoud Abbas; Hamas, the Islamist faction that controls the Gaza Strip, and other Palestinian political factions, empowered Palestinian Jerusalemites who live in a part of the city that has been annexed by Israel but feel that they are routinely discriminated against. The dismantling of the security equipment and lifting of restrictions on access constituted a rare instance in which Israel bowed to Palestinian pressure. "We Palestinians have proved, not only to Israel, but to the whole world, that we Palestinians have promising potential that can never be broken," said Palestinian activist Ali Jiddah. “We are on the threshold of a big shift. What is going on today is not random or transient. It could be the beginning of a third intifada that is different from the others. What is unique about this is that it’s not individual actions, but a popular movement capable of attracting huge numbers of people. This popular momentum could recharge the Palestinian people. It may take time but we are on the way. It will override the PA. They don't even know it exists. This will bring about a change in leadership,” added former Palestinian information minister-turned activist Mustafa Barghouti. The sense of empowerment was evident two days after the Israeli backdown when protests erupted in the Jaffa section of Tel Aviv after police shot dead a Palestinian during a shootout with suspected criminals. 'The policemen have no right to shoot at people. This time we will not keep quiet,' said a Jaffa resident. The notion of an empowered and angry public raised not only the spectre of a possible Palestinian uprising, the third in three decades, but a potential return of street protests elsewhere in the Middle East like those that in 2011 toppled the leaders of Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen. The Jerusalem protests erupted at a moment that Saudi Arabia and the UAE have gone to extremes to roll back the 2011 achievements and ensure that the Middle East and North Africa does not witness a repeat. Saudi King Salman, the custodian of Islam’s two most holy cities, Mecca and Medina, in a statement by his royal court, claimed credit for resolving the Al Aqsa crisis through his contacts with world leaders. The Jerusalem protests came on the back of widespread anti-government demonstrations in northern Morocco that have mushroomed since May and more recently expressed an anti-monarchy sentiment. The Moroccan protests, much like the 2011 revolt in Tunisia that forced President out of office, were sparked by the death of a fish vendor in the Riffian city of al Hoceima, who was killed by a trash compactor as he attempted to recover fish confiscated by authorities. King Mohammed VI of Morocco, in a bid to end the unrest, this weekend pardoned more than a thousand people who were under arrest for taking part in the protests. Two incidents, the sentencing of a scion of a key Jordanian tribe to life in prison for killing three Americans at a Jordanian air base and the extradition to Israel of an Israeli security officer who killed two Jordanians to fend off an attack, threaten to take Jordan to the brink. Outrage over the government’s handling of the incidents have called into question a social contract in which Jordanians in the wake of protests in 2011 dropped demands for political reform and accepted austerity in exchange for stability. “This has become an issue of dignity. There is a complete lack of trust and resentment toward this government by the people. We are afraid of where we go from this point,” said Jordanian member of parliament Saddah Habashneh. Much more than the Moroccan protests and Jordanian anger, resistance to Israeli actions surrounding the Al Aqsa Mosque had the potential of forcing the hand of Arab autocrats in a post-2011 era in which Arabic public opinion has begun to count. Deep-seated divisions in the Arab world coupled with draconian anti-protest laws may explain the absence of demonstrations in the Middle East and North Africa in support of the Palestinians. Nonetheless, if Palestinians were to capitalize on their Al Aqsa success to confront Israeli occupation and discrimination, it could spark public dissent elsewhere in the region as well as the wider Muslim world that could turn against local leaders. Continued Palestinian protests, moreover, could complicate cooperation between Israel and conservative Arab states in countering Iranian influence in the Middle East as well as an attempt to return to Palestine a UAE-backed Palestinian leader, who has good relations with key figures in the United States and Israel. Arab rulers have so far been helped not only by the absence of solidarity protests in Arab capitals, but also by indications that Arab public opinion may be divided because of the Gulf crisis over attitudes towards the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas, both of which have close ties to Qatar. In one instance, a caller told the London-based Arabic-language Al-Hiwar television network: “I’m opposed to an Al-Aqsa victory, because an Al-Aqsa victory is a victory for Hamas and Qatar!” Ahmed Samah al-Idarusi, a spokesman for the Popular Committee for the Defense of Sinai, a group formed by the Egyptian region’s tribal leaders, complained that “we now encounter Egyptian diplomatic and cultural silence such that even the elites are not capable of releasing a single joint statement of condemnation” of Israeli actions in the Al Aqsa compound. Prominent Israeli commentator Zvi Bar’el noted that so far, the Al Aqsa protests have not sparked a third Palestinian intifada even though they had all the makings of an uprising. Mr. Bar’el argued that Palestinians were still traumatized by the political and human cost of the second intifada in the first years of the 21st century that ironically was dubbed the Al Aqsa intifada. “The tragic results of the second intifada – from both the humanitarian and strategic perspectives – have been deeply engraved in the collective Palestinian memory. It’s hard to imagine what the expiry date of such trauma is… Perhaps…the trauma is still effective – but it’s best not to put it to the test,” Mr. Bar’el said. Dr. James M. Dorsey is a senior fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, co-director of the University of Würzburg’s Institute for Fan Culture, and the author of The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer blog, a book with the same title, Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa, co-authored with Dr. Teresita Cruz-Del Rosario and three forthcoming books, Shifting Sands, Essays on Sports and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa as well as Creating Frankenstein: The Saudi Export of Ultra-conservatism and China and the Middle East: Venturing into the Maelstrom.
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westsahara · 9 months
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Marokkanische Sahara/C24: Jordanien zufolge sei die Autonomieinitiative „die pragmatische, logische und ernsthafte Lösung“ für die marokkanische Sahara-Frage
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Vereinte Nationen (New York)–Jordanien würdigte in New York die marokkanische Autonomieinitiative, „die pragmatische, logische und ernsthafte Lösung“ zwecks der Beilegung des Regionalkonflikts rund um die marokkanische Sahara, gleichzeitig sein beständiges Engagement zu Gunsten der Unterstützung der Souveränität des Königreichs Marokko gegenüber bekundend.
In seiner Ansprache auf der jährlichen Tagung des UNO-Ausschusses der 24 (des C24) stellte der Vertreter Jordaniens, Ahmad Samir Habashneh, klar heraus, dass der Autonomieplan die Besonderheiten der Region, die Souveränität des Königreichs Marokko über dessen gesamte Hoheitsgebiet sowie seine territoriale Integrität im Einklang mit der Charta der Vereinten Nationen mit berücksichtigt.
Er verwies darauf, dass die Einweihung eines Generalkonsulats in Laâyoune durch sein Land die beständige Unterstützung Jordaniens der territorialen Integrität Marokkos gegenüber und sein Engagement zu Gunsten der Zusammenarbeit bei der Suche nach einer Lösung für die marokkanische Sahara-Frage im Einklang mit der internationalen Legalität bebildere.
Der Diplomat pries überdies die Anstrengungen des persönlichen Gesandten des UNO-Generalsekretärs für die Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, der darauf abzielte und abziele, den Prozess auf politischem Wege unter der Ägide des Generalsekretärs aufs Neue in Gang bringen zu dürfen, zwecks dessen eine realistische Lösung auf dauerhaftem Wege für die marokkanische Sahara-Frage in Übereinstimmung mit dem Völkerrecht und mit den einschlägigen Resolutionen des Sicherheitsrats erzwingen zu dürfen.
Der jordanische Diplomat verwies zum Schluss, dass sein Land und Marokko mittels von soliden strategischen Beziehungen mit einander verbunden seien, die auf nachhaltiger Zusammenarbeit und auf enger Koordinierung auf allen Ebenen beruhten und beruhen, fortfahrend, dass es sich um herausragende und jahrhundertealte Beziehungen handele, die ein Modell der interarabischen Beziehungen gemeinsamen Interesses und gemeinsamer Anliegen im Dienste der Entwicklung der arabischen Völker versinnbildlichen.
Quellen:
http://www.corcas.com
http://www.sahara-online.net
http://www.sahara-culture.com
http://www.sahara-villes.com
http://www.sahara-developpement.com
http://www.sahara-social.com
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Tribe threatens unrest over Jordanian’s life sentence for killing 3 U.S. soldiers
By Taylor Luck, Washington Post, July 28, 2017
AMMAN, Jordan--A powerful tribe has given the Jordanian government an ultimatum: Release the killer of three U.S. soldiers or face a wave of tribal unrest.
The crisis began July 17 when a Jordanian military tribunal sentenced Maarik al-Tawayha, a soldier, to life in prison for killing the three Americans at an air base in southern Jordan in November.
Just as the government was trying to temper tensions over that case, a second crisis shook the kingdom Sunday evening: An Israeli security officer shot and killed two Jordanians on the grounds of the Israeli Embassy after being attacked by one of them with a screwdriver. Many Jordanians were outraged that the officer was allowed to return home to Israel without being questioned.
Citizens, activists and other critics say the handling of the incidents by the government, which is appointed by the king, sent the same message: Jordanian life is cheap.
Caught between its closest Western ally, delicate diplomacy with Israel and an enraged public, the Jordanian government is facing a crisis of credibility.
Jordanians have long prized stability over greater freedoms, enduring austerity measures and a lack of political reforms for the sake of security. But many here say the government is no longer holding up its end of the deal and wonder how much longer they can hold up theirs.
“In the last week, we learned that Jordan is the same as the rest of Arab regimes,” said Mohammed Hussein, a taxi driver from the southern city of Maan.
The case has alienated the regime’s bedrock, the Howeitat, Tawayha’s tribe, which helped lead the Great Arab Revolt that paved the way for the establishment of the country. A century later, the Howeitat sided with the government against pro-democracy protesters.
Critics have pointed out that Tawayha’s case was pushed through in less than nine months, swift by Jordanian terms, and that life sentences do not exist in Jordanian law. Many have also said the presence of the U.S. soldiers’ parents at the trial was proof of outside pressure and influence on the proceedings.
The Howeitat gave Jordan until Saturday to release Tawayha.
The Arabic hashtag #We_are_all_Marik is trending on Twitter and Facebook, while the soldier’s image is being shared on social media and has been etched onto the rear windows of trucks as a symbol of what Jordanians say is resistance to foreign “intervention.”
Faced with growing pressure from the Howeitat, and public sentiment siding with Tawayha, the Jordanian government released a video of the shooting on Monday that clearly shows Tawayha gunning down the Americans as they surrendered.
It did little to quell public anger and suspicion.
Images of the security officer involved in the Israeli Embassy shooting being met with a hero’s welcome in Israel and a hug from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu only inflamed tensions further. The officer, who reportedly held diplomatic immunity, returned to Israel less than 24 hours after the shooting without an investigation.
“Before we bury the bodies of our victims, Netanyahu is hugging the officer and asking if he has fixed a date with his girlfriend. This has left a feeling of worthlessness among Jordanians,” said Oraib al-Rantawi of the Amman-based Al Quds Center for Political Studies. “What happened at the Israeli Embassy revived the entire debate about Maarik al-Tawayha and the Jordanian state’s respect of its own citizens.”
Those protesting the embassy shootings have also used Tawayha’s image on social media, while the Howeitat tribe has sent messages of support to the families of the slain Jordanians--a rare sign of political solidarity between southern Bedouin tribes and the mostly Palestinian urban residents of Amman.
The Howeitat have been careful in their language, blaming not the Americans but the Jordanian government, for the incident, holding Amman accountable for the trial process.
Returning to Jordan from a trip abroad on Thursday, King Abdullah II paid condolences to the family of Mohamed Jawawdeh, one of the slain Jordanians. The king later called on Netanyahu “to honor his responsibilities and take the necessary legal measures to ensure that the killer is tried and justice is served.”
The Jordanian government announced Thursday that the Israeli ambassador and embassy staff would not be allowed back into the kingdom until “absolute assurances” were given that the shooter will face trial.
But for many Jordanians, it was too little, too late.
“Now the Jordanian government is in a crisis not just with the Howeitat, but with all the Jordanian people--this has become an issue of dignity,” said Saddah Habashneh, one of the few members of parliament to raise both issues.
“There is a complete lack of trust and resentment toward this government by the people,” Habashneh said. “We are afraid of where we go from this point.”
With Saturday’s deadline looming, Jordan’s tourism ministry issued a ban this week on tour groups traveling to Wadi Rum, the tourist site whose majestic red sand dunes served as filming locations for “Lawrence of Arabia” and “The Martian,” and from using the stretch of highway between Wadi Rum and the port city of Aqaba, another tourist hub, which runs straight through Howeitat territory.
The U.S. Embassy followed suit on Wednesday, barring its staff from traveling to southern Jordan due to “potential unrest” and encouraging U.S. citizens to avoid the area.
Members of the Howeitat tribe say negotiations with the state are continuing.
“Our problem is not with the Americans; our problem is that the rule of law is applied to some and then scrapped for foreign powers and allies,” said one Howeitat tribal member, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized by tribal leaders to speak on their behalf.
An official Jordanian source said that the government would “not interfere with judicial rulings” and that any change in Tawayha’s sentence outside the courts would be “unconstitutional.”
While citizens have been highly critical of the government, they have not questioned the efforts of King Abdullah himself, who many privately hope will intervene to defuse the two crises.
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it's amazing how all makerspaces look the same, no matter the location :D
this is Hacman Makerspace in Manchester and it remarkably resembles C-Hub in Amman
May 2023
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