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Amman Summons Israeli Ambassador Demanding Release of Jordanians

A Jordanian soldier pulls a Jordanian national flag in an outpost at the border area between Israel and Jordan. (File photo: Reuters)
A Jordanian soldier pulls a Jordanian national flag in an outpost at the border area between Israel and Jordan. (File photo: Reuters)
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Amman Summons Israeli Ambassador Demanding Release of Jordanians

A Jordanian soldier pulls a Jordanian national flag in an outpost at the border area between Israel and Jordan. (File photo: Reuters)
A Jordanian soldier pulls a Jordanian national flag in an outpost at the border area between Israel and Jordan. (File photo: Reuters)

Jordan's Foreign Ministry summoned Tuesday the Israeli ambassador to Amman Amir Weissbrod to demand the immediate release of two Jordanian citizens arrested by the Israeli authorities, Agence France Presse (AFP) reported.

Spokesperson Sufian Qudah said the Ministry is trying through all the diplomatic, political and legal means available to release the two Jordanians, Abdulrahman Meri and Hiba Abdulbaqi, who were arrested by the Israeli authorities after crossing the King Hussein Bridge in the area between the two countries.

Qudah announced that the Ministry also demanded it be informed with the charges facing Meri and Abdulbaqi and updated throughout the course of the investigation.

He added that the ambassador was urged to guarantee the protection of the Jordanians' legal rights.

The Jordanian consul visited Meri to follow up on the case and check up on the conditions of his detention, and Abdulbaqi’s sister, who was with Hiba at the time of the arrest, managed to return to the Kingdom through the King Hussein Bridge, added the spokesman.

AFP quoted a source in the Ministry as saying that Abdulbaqi was arrested on August 20, while Meri was arrested on September 2.

Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty in 1994.

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EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
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EU Condemns Israel's West Bank Control Measures

The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)
The Israeli settlement of Har Homa, seen from the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP)

The European Union on Monday condemned new Israeli measures to tighten control of the West Bank and pave the way for more settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, AFP reported.

"The European Union condemns recent decisions by Israel's security cabinet to expand Israeli control in the West Bank. This move is another step in the wrong direction," EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni told journalists.

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Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
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Atrocities in Sudan's El-Fasher Were 'Preventable Human Rights Catastrophe'

Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
Sudanese displaced people who left El Fasher after its fall, sit in the shade in Tawila at the Rwanda camp reception point on December 17, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

The atrocities unleashed on El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur region last October were a "preventable human rights catastrophe", the United Nations said Monday, warning they now risked being repeated in the neighbouring Kordofan region.

 

"My office sounded the alarm about the risk of mass atrocities in the besieged city of El-Fasher for more than a year ... but our warnings were ignored," UN rights chief Volker Turk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

 

He added that he was now "extremely concerned that these violations and abuses may be repeated in the Kordofan region".

 

 

 

 

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Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
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Arab League Condemns Israel's Decisions to Alter Legal, Administrative Status of West Bank

A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)
A general view shows the opening session of the meeting of Arab foreign ministers at the Arab League Headquarters (Reuters)

The General Secretariat of the Arab League strongly condemned decisions by Israeli occupation authorities to impose fundamental changes on the legal and administrative status of the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly in the West Bank, describing them as a dangerous escalation and a flagrant violation of international law, international legitimacy resolutions, and signed agreements, SPA reported.

In a statement, the Arab League said the measures include facilitating the confiscation of private Palestinian property and transferring planning and licensing authorities in the city of Hebron and the area surrounding the Ibrahimi Mosque to occupation authorities.

It warned of the serious repercussions of these actions on the rights of the Palestinian people and on Islamic and Christian holy sites.

The statement reaffirmed the Arab League’s firm support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them the establishment of their independent state on the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital.