Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 23, 1999
In a closed meeting between Jordanian Prime Minister Abdul-Raouf Rawabdeh and Jordanian MPs, Rawabdeh accused Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) of hoarding weapons and holding military training exercises on Jordanian territory.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 1999
The government and the Muslim Brotherhood on Sunday failed to overcome differences caused by the closure of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) offices in Amman earlier this month.
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 1999
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, supporters on Friday staged a sit-in at Al Wehdat refugee camp to protest the government’s recent crackdown on the group’s offices in Amman. Amid tight security, more than 2,000 supporters of the Palestinian resistance group gathered inside a mosque in the camp,...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The radical Palestinian group Hamas called for talks with the Jordanian government on September 3 after 12 of its activists were arrested in a crackdown in Amman.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The Jordanian authorities’ unexpected move to close the offices of Hamas in Amman, round up 12 of its members and issue arrest warrants against its leaders marked a turning point in relations between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Jordanian government. But the move is expected to have...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 3, 1999
Plans for a public protest in a refugee camp against the government crackdown on the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) were postponed indefinitely on Friday, according to Muslim Brotherhood sources. The Brotherhood sources said their movement intends to hold a meeting of the opposition parties,...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 1999
Hamas received a serious and surprising blow in Jordan when plainclothes intelligence officers stormed and closed down the offices of four Amman-based Hamas representatives on Monday [August 30, 1999]. They arrested 15 activists. In addition, a summons warrant was issued for the four top-ranking...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 31, 1999
Police on Monday closed down the offices of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, in Amman, rounded up 12 of its members and issued arrest warrants against four of its leaders, official sources said on Monday.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 15, 1999 to الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 21, 1999
Jordan has embarked on a campaign to shut down the Islamic opposition Hamas movement, diplomats said. The diplomats said King Abdullah has ordered a crackdown on the activities of Hamas and is seeking to expel its leadership. The move has been urged by the United States, the diplomats said, which...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 4, 1999 to الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 10, 1999
Since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the Israeli intelligence service, the Mossad, in September 1997, the Amman-based chief of Hamas’ political bureau, Khalid Misha’al, has been living under tight security. Misha’al knows all too well that he is still likely to be targeted by the...