Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 1999
All eyes are on the moderate and centrist wings within the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front to contain a possible fallout from Wednesday’s [September 22’s] arrest of Hamas politburo chief Khaled Misha’al and the movement’s spokesman, Ibrahim Ghosheh.
Date of source: Thursday, September 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: Monday, September 13, 1999
Two weeks after the government closure of Hamas offices in Amman, the Muslim Brotherhood and the government have yet to reach a mutually-agreeable solution to the tension that has arisen over the crackdown on the Palestinian movement.
Date of source: Saturday, September 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: Thursday, September 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: Friday, September 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: Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Jordan’s clampdown on the activities of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, is bound to put an end to complaints by the Palestine National Authority and Israel, diplomats and political analysts said on Tuesday.
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 1999
Hard-line and centrist members of the Muslim Brotherhood sought to bury the hatchet in a crucial Shura Council session that apparently has smoothed out a two-month feud between them, Islamist sources said on Saturday. Several Islamist activists have noted that the growing differences within the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
The results of last week’s municipal elections, in which Islamists won main municipalities, showed that the relationship between the government and opposition parties is on the mend. The results, which were released on Friday following a one-day extension of the vote due to low turnout, were...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 1999
Islamists won the country’s main municipalities in elections that they acknowledged as free, fair and democratic.