Word: jordanian
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...Arabs hold free municipal elections, their newspapers-although censored-are probably allowed more latitude than those in any Arab state, and their standard of living surpasses that of their cousins in Egypt, Syria or Lebanon. Yet even West Bankers who remember that they were also second-class citizens under Jordanian rule between 1948 and 1967 remain bitterly opposed to their Israeli overlords. Says the Arab mayor of Nablus, Bassam Shaka'a: "If I could communicate with the world, I would shout 'We want our freedom! We want to feel like human beings! We want to live like other...
...security violations, interrogation under torture, sudden deportation, communal punishment for individual offenses (TIME, May 30). Even those who have not run afoul of Israeli military discipline chafe under a regime they find capricious and humiliating. Complains Tayseer Kanaan, who was Jerusalem's chief judge in the time of Jordanian rule: "Even my tax and phone bills are in Hebrew. It makes me feel illiterate; I have to go to someone else to find out what they...
Israelis used to claim that their occupation of the West Bank was "the most benign in history." They would point out that West Bank Arabs were still allowed to carry Jordanian passports, that Muslim courts determined the law in most of the area's 500 cities and hamlets, and that municipal elections have been held in accordance with Jordanian law. All that is still true, but some Israelis now concede that their military .rule over the Palestinians is not only deeply resented but in many ways quite cruel. Last March the U.S. State Department cited Israel's administration...
Less publicized was the Kfar Kassen massacre in 1956, which was carried out by regular army troops. The commander of a battalion along the Israeli-Jordanian border ordered the commander of a Frontier Guard unit to impose a strict curfew from 5 p.m. to 6 a.m. on several villages. Anyone leaving his home or trying to enter the village during that time was to be shot. The curfew was announced at 4:30, leaving little time to warn the populace. In particular, many villagers worked outside the village, and there was no way to inform them of the new security...
Engaged. Princess Alia, 21, oldest daughter of Jordan's King Hussein; and Nasser Wasfi Mirza, 32, a member of the royal Cabinet and son of a former government minister. Alia, after whom the Jordanian national airline was named, is an English literature student at the University of Jordan...