Word: jordanian
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...Arab world. It could also help ease resistance to its English sister channel, especially considering that despite being separate entities, the two organizations will consult on editorial plans and share space and technical crews in some foreign bureaus. The Arabic channel's new managing director, Wadah Khanfar, 36, a Jordanian who had served as bureau chief in Iraq and Afghanistan, bristles at the suggestion that al-Jazeera has succumbed to the Bush Administration's demands for reform in the Arab world. "We were never the channel of Osama bin Laden," he says, "and we are not going...
...Amman, Peres' speech drew a surprisingly favorable response from Hussein. In an interview with the New York Times, the Jordanian monarch called the Israeli offer "a positive one in its spirit," even though it failed in "meeting the needs of the moment." Peres, in turn, was described as "positively surprised" by Hussein's receptiveness...
...Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, Jordanian Prime Minister Zaid al Rifa'i and his Syrian counterpart, Abdel-Rauf al Kasm, apparently made strides in healing the long-standing rift between their countries. The two men met at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah. Syria severed diplomatic relations with Jordan in 1980, and the situation became even more strained after Jordan's Hussein put together his Feb. 11 agreement with P.L.O. Leader Arafat to reach a negotiated Middle East settlement with Israel. The signs of rapprochement between Hussein and Syrian President Hafez Assad raised the long-term possibility...
...expected to continue to help the peace process along is harder to say. A corner-stone of the Administration effort, at least from the Jordanian side, was the $1.5 billion arms deal that the White House promised to Hussein's government last spring. Included in the package were about 40 advanced F-16 or F-20 jet fighters and a dozen Hawk antiaircraft missile systems, items looked on by many U.S. legislators as threats to Israel's security. Seventy-four U.S. Senators cosponsored a resolution to block the weapons sale. Nonetheless, the White House blithely announced early last week that...
...mosque in the center of Sa-Nur was built for Jordanian soldiers, a reminder of the contested history of this tiny piece of land. Israel conquered the hilltop in 1967, and now the mosque is a synagogue. Until recently, though, it had few worshippers. Sa-Nur saw its population plummet in the first years of the intifadeh because of its isolated position near the Palestinian town of Nablus, a terrorist hotbed. A little more than a year ago, it was home to just nine families and two young bachelors. But since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon announced plans to evacuate...