Jordan changes policy - strips citizenship from PA Employees and Dual Citizens in PA

IMRA ^ | February 26, 2004 | Jerusalem Times

[yonif]

The Jerusalem Times (independent Palestinian weekly) 26 February 2004 www.jerusalem-times.net/article/news/details/detail.asp?id=4844

Amman - Minister for Civil Affairs, Jameel Tarifi, announced Monday that Jordan has changed its decision to strip the Jordanian citizenship from Palestinians living in the Palestinian Areas and holding a job at the Palestinian National Authority or holding a dual citizenship. Tariffi comments came at the end of his meeting in Amman with the Jordanian Interior Minister Sameer Habashneh. The Jordanian decision could have affected more that 250,000 Palestinians, mostly working in the Gulf states. West Bank Palestinians were considered until 1986, Jordanian citizens but the late King of Jordan, Hussein Bin Talal issued a decree severing the relationships with the West Bank to enable the Palestinian Liberation Organization to enter the negotiations process with Israel. Since then, Jordan issued temporary passports to most West Bank Palestinians except those who lived outside the Palestinian areas.

[yonif]

West Bank Palestinians were considered until 1986, Jordanian citizens but the late King of Jordan, Hussein Bin Talal issued a decree severing the relationships with the West Bank to enable the Palestinian Liberation Organization to enter the negotiations process with Israel

Removing the citizenship was Jordan's main role in aiding those working to destroy Israel.

[yonif]

Ping.

[SJackson]

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Jordan's boost up the economic ladder to her Arab brothers.

[judicial meanz]

Looks like Jordan is trying to use this as a ploy to start the ball rolling on "Right of Return" for the "poor little displaced Palestinians".

There is no other way to interpret this except as a pre-cursor movement to another Pan- Arab "diplomatic initiative" designed to inflict lots more hurt on Israel.

(I can't stand saying those words in quotation marks, because they are buzzwords that have been used in propaganda to de-legitimize Israel too much over the past few years)