6 apr 2016
The Jordanian popular committee for defending the Aqsa Mosque and sacred places refused installing cameras at the Aqsa Mosque and called on the Jordanian government to cancel the project.
The Jordanian ministry of Awqaf a few days ago embarked on preparation works to install 55 cameras at the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque according to the Jordanian Minister of Awqaf Hayel Daoud.
The committee’s head Abdulla Ebaidat said, in a statement on Wednesday, that over the past few weeks, statements by Jordanian ministers were repeated that surveillance cameras will be installed at the holy site regardless of the large-scale refusal among Palestinians in general and Jerusalemites in particular as well as among large segments of Jordanian people and regardless of the risky consequences of such a move which will be used for the interest of the Israeli occupation.
The statement called for reconsidering the decision since putting cameras at the Aqsa’s plazas will allow Israelis to use them as evidence to convict Jerusalemites who defend the Aqsa Mosque from settlers' repeated incursions and attempts to perform Talmudic rituals at the holy site.
He pointed out that Israeli leaders made statements on several occasions declaring their intention to use the cameras for identifying the defenders of the Aqsa Mosque and for protecting settlers while storming the Muslims’ holy place.
Ebaidat said that Israeli leaders are keen to install the cameras before the Jewish Passover holiday, and slammed the Jordanian government for insisting to have the cameras installed before that exact time.
The Jordanian ministry of Awqaf a few days ago embarked on preparation works to install 55 cameras at the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque according to the Jordanian Minister of Awqaf Hayel Daoud.
The committee’s head Abdulla Ebaidat said, in a statement on Wednesday, that over the past few weeks, statements by Jordanian ministers were repeated that surveillance cameras will be installed at the holy site regardless of the large-scale refusal among Palestinians in general and Jerusalemites in particular as well as among large segments of Jordanian people and regardless of the risky consequences of such a move which will be used for the interest of the Israeli occupation.
The statement called for reconsidering the decision since putting cameras at the Aqsa’s plazas will allow Israelis to use them as evidence to convict Jerusalemites who defend the Aqsa Mosque from settlers' repeated incursions and attempts to perform Talmudic rituals at the holy site.
He pointed out that Israeli leaders made statements on several occasions declaring their intention to use the cameras for identifying the defenders of the Aqsa Mosque and for protecting settlers while storming the Muslims’ holy place.
Ebaidat said that Israeli leaders are keen to install the cameras before the Jewish Passover holiday, and slammed the Jordanian government for insisting to have the cameras installed before that exact time.
2 apr 2016
Jordan has begun preparations to install 55 cameras at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, after months of contentious arguments over their installation appeared to be resolved.
Jordanian Minister of Endowment Hayil Daoud told the Jordanian al-Ghad newspaper Saturday that the ministry had reviewed all technical procedures before preparing the infrastructure for the installation.
The cameras are expected to be mounted on walls around the compound in order to document violations and raids carried out by the Israeli authorities, Daoud said.
The minister said the cameras would help Jordan politically, diplomatically and legally by providing material documentation of Israeli violations that could potentially be presented in court.
The cameras -- which will roll 24 hours a day seven days a week -- are expected to be fully controlled and monitored by the ministry, Dauod said, adding that the project was being implemented with the cooperation of Palestinian leadership.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas late last month met with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Amman, where he said he supported any decisions Jordan made with regard to Al-Aqsa and the installation of cameras in particular.
Surveillance cameras in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have been the subject of tense discussions between Israel and Jordan, the official custodian of Muslim holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, for months.
In October, Israel and Jordan, under mediation by the United States, agreed to install surveillance cameras across the mosque compound in a bid to ease tensions that began across the occupied Palestinian territories around that time.
Tensions were triggered in part by increased visitation to the holy site by far-right extremists accompanied by armed Israeli forces. Such visits often coincide with prevention of Palestinian access to the site.
Israeli police prevented the Islamic Endowment that runs the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from installing surveillance cameras around the holy site later that month, claiming that an official agreement concerning their installation had not yet been reached.
The installation of the cameras has raised major concern among a number of Palestinians that the Israeli authorities -- who will also have access to the surveillance footage -- will use the cameras against Palestinians.
In October, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called the plan “a new trap” to identify and detain worshippers at Al-Aqsa Israel believes to be “inciting” against it.
Palestinian Knesset member Basel Ghattas of the Arab Joint List also opposed the decision, saying it was made with the intention of securing Israeli control over the holy site.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound lies under Israeli military occupation, and while control of the mosque officially falls under Jordanian guardianship, Palestinians fear that increased presence of Israeli security forces around the site marks a potential move by Israel to renege on past agreements for the holy site.
Jordanian Minister of Endowment Hayil Daoud told the Jordanian al-Ghad newspaper Saturday that the ministry had reviewed all technical procedures before preparing the infrastructure for the installation.
The cameras are expected to be mounted on walls around the compound in order to document violations and raids carried out by the Israeli authorities, Daoud said.
The minister said the cameras would help Jordan politically, diplomatically and legally by providing material documentation of Israeli violations that could potentially be presented in court.
The cameras -- which will roll 24 hours a day seven days a week -- are expected to be fully controlled and monitored by the ministry, Dauod said, adding that the project was being implemented with the cooperation of Palestinian leadership.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas late last month met with Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Amman, where he said he supported any decisions Jordan made with regard to Al-Aqsa and the installation of cameras in particular.
Surveillance cameras in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have been the subject of tense discussions between Israel and Jordan, the official custodian of Muslim holy sites in occupied East Jerusalem, for months.
In October, Israel and Jordan, under mediation by the United States, agreed to install surveillance cameras across the mosque compound in a bid to ease tensions that began across the occupied Palestinian territories around that time.
Tensions were triggered in part by increased visitation to the holy site by far-right extremists accompanied by armed Israeli forces. Such visits often coincide with prevention of Palestinian access to the site.
Israeli police prevented the Islamic Endowment that runs the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound from installing surveillance cameras around the holy site later that month, claiming that an official agreement concerning their installation had not yet been reached.
The installation of the cameras has raised major concern among a number of Palestinians that the Israeli authorities -- who will also have access to the surveillance footage -- will use the cameras against Palestinians.
In October, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki called the plan “a new trap” to identify and detain worshippers at Al-Aqsa Israel believes to be “inciting” against it.
Palestinian Knesset member Basel Ghattas of the Arab Joint List also opposed the decision, saying it was made with the intention of securing Israeli control over the holy site.
The Al-Aqsa Mosque compound lies under Israeli military occupation, and while control of the mosque officially falls under Jordanian guardianship, Palestinians fear that increased presence of Israeli security forces around the site marks a potential move by Israel to renege on past agreements for the holy site.
23 mar 2016
Sheikh Ra'ed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 occupied lands, has expressed his fears that the Israeli occupation would have a hand in utilizing and exploiting the security camera system to be installed by Jordan at the Aqsa Mosque.
In press remarks to Qpress, Sheikh Salah called on the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Sites to reconsider the installation of security cameras at the Aqsa Mosque.
"I expressed my belief in the past few days, and I still say that if we are certain that these cameras will remain under the control of the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf alone, then we could say it is a good project, but what will happen, unfortunately, that the Israeli occupation will insert its finger into the cameras, which will be under its control and turn into 55 eyes for it," he stated.
For his part, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem, told Arabi 21 news website that the recent agreement to deploy surveillance cameras at the Aqsa Mosque is considered a gain for Israel only. He warned Jordan of giving Israel what he described as a license of partnership in running the Aqsa Mosque.
In press remarks to Qpress, Sheikh Salah called on the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Sites to reconsider the installation of security cameras at the Aqsa Mosque.
"I expressed my belief in the past few days, and I still say that if we are certain that these cameras will remain under the control of the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf alone, then we could say it is a good project, but what will happen, unfortunately, that the Israeli occupation will insert its finger into the cameras, which will be under its control and turn into 55 eyes for it," he stated.
For his part, Sheikh Ikrima Sabri, head of the Supreme Muslim Council in Jerusalem, told Arabi 21 news website that the recent agreement to deploy surveillance cameras at the Aqsa Mosque is considered a gain for Israel only. He warned Jordan of giving Israel what he described as a license of partnership in running the Aqsa Mosque.
19 mar 2016
Surveillance cameras will be installed at al-Aqsa Mosque in the coming few days to cover the courtyards of the holy shrine, the Jordanian government spokesman Mohammad Momani said Friday.
By installing the cameras, Jordan seeks to document these violations and enable 1.7 billion Muslims to follow what is happening in the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, on the Internet, Momani said in remarks to Jordan Television.
Momani said no cameras will be installed in prayer areas in the Mosque because the goal is to record any Israeli violations. The Jerusalem Awqaf Department, affiliated with the Awqaf Ministry, will be in charge of the cameras, which will cover an area of 144 dunums, through a control room, he noted, stressing the legal, moral, and religious importance of this step, aimed at safeguarding holy sites against Israeli transgressions.
The minister also reaffirmed that Jordan sees Islamic and Christian shrines as a red line, stressing that the state will utilize all the resources at its disposal to translate this stance on safeguarding holy sites.
The cameras, he explained, were bought and examined by qualified engineers, and the installation will be monitored through field reports submitted regularly by Jerusalem Awqaf Department employees to ensure that all are doing their job as required.
The spokesman dismissed as baseless any claims charging that the cameras will be used to detain steadfast Jerusalemites, stressing that Israel has its own cameras and drones to monitor the Mosque. Moreover, Jewish extremists have expressed their opposition of Jordan’s installation of cameras, because their purpose is to document any violations and make Israel responsible before the international community for these actions, according to Momani.
The cameras will help Jordan politically, diplomatically, and legally if it needs to resort to international law in the event of any Israeli violations in the holy shrine, Momani added, describing the cameras as a tool for unequivocal evidence to dismiss Israel’s constant claims that it is not responsible for violations and incursions into al-Aqsa.
Jordan, he said, is confident that the international law and community are on its side as it works to prevent Israel from desecrating Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, based on the Hashemite custodianship of these shrines and the rejection of any attempts by Israel — as an occupying force — to introduce any changes to the status quo.
He stressed that al-Aqsa Mosque is a purely Islamic Waqf, and Israel is the occupying force, noting that Tel Aviv will never be safe if it continues to provoke 1.7 billion Muslims by violating the sanctity of these shrines.
By installing the cameras, Jordan seeks to document these violations and enable 1.7 billion Muslims to follow what is happening in the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, on the Internet, Momani said in remarks to Jordan Television.
Momani said no cameras will be installed in prayer areas in the Mosque because the goal is to record any Israeli violations. The Jerusalem Awqaf Department, affiliated with the Awqaf Ministry, will be in charge of the cameras, which will cover an area of 144 dunums, through a control room, he noted, stressing the legal, moral, and religious importance of this step, aimed at safeguarding holy sites against Israeli transgressions.
The minister also reaffirmed that Jordan sees Islamic and Christian shrines as a red line, stressing that the state will utilize all the resources at its disposal to translate this stance on safeguarding holy sites.
The cameras, he explained, were bought and examined by qualified engineers, and the installation will be monitored through field reports submitted regularly by Jerusalem Awqaf Department employees to ensure that all are doing their job as required.
The spokesman dismissed as baseless any claims charging that the cameras will be used to detain steadfast Jerusalemites, stressing that Israel has its own cameras and drones to monitor the Mosque. Moreover, Jewish extremists have expressed their opposition of Jordan’s installation of cameras, because their purpose is to document any violations and make Israel responsible before the international community for these actions, according to Momani.
The cameras will help Jordan politically, diplomatically, and legally if it needs to resort to international law in the event of any Israeli violations in the holy shrine, Momani added, describing the cameras as a tool for unequivocal evidence to dismiss Israel’s constant claims that it is not responsible for violations and incursions into al-Aqsa.
Jordan, he said, is confident that the international law and community are on its side as it works to prevent Israel from desecrating Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem, based on the Hashemite custodianship of these shrines and the rejection of any attempts by Israel — as an occupying force — to introduce any changes to the status quo.
He stressed that al-Aqsa Mosque is a purely Islamic Waqf, and Israel is the occupying force, noting that Tel Aviv will never be safe if it continues to provoke 1.7 billion Muslims by violating the sanctity of these shrines.
7 mar 2016
Surveillance cameras at Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque should be controlled by no other party than the endowment authorities, Jerusalem’s Endowment Council said Monday.
The Endowment Council expressed in a statement its firm condemnation of the ongoing Israeli aggressions on and attempts to hold sway over the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Israelis have no sovereignty over the surveillance kit at al-Aqsa,” the statement read. “Every single inch of the Mosque is for Muslims only.” It added that the Endowment department is the only party in charge of reconstruction works at the Mosque.
The council called on the Islamic Endowment department to work on opening the al-Rahma Gate, which is part and parcel of the al-Aqsa place of worship. The statement called on the concerned parties to rally around al-Aqsa and combine forces to face up to Israel’s schemes to wipe out the Islamic identity of the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
Jordanian Minister of Religious Affairs, Hayel Dawood, also slammed the reports propagated by Israeli media outlets on an agreement between Jordan and the Israeli occupation that sets up the date for the installation of surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa.
“Israel has nothing to do with the affair. It is neither concerned with setting up dates nor with other details as regards Jordan’s sovereignty over Islamic places of worship and the al-Aqsa Mosque,” said Dawood.
“We are committed to dates that we, and nobody else, have set up. No one but Jordan shall keep sovereignty over the Mosque,” the Jordanian minister added. The Israeli occupation authorities and Jordan have agreed on erecting surveillance cameras at the al-Aqsa compound before the Passover, next month, Israel Hayom website claimed on Sunday.
The Endowment Council expressed in a statement its firm condemnation of the ongoing Israeli aggressions on and attempts to hold sway over the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
“Israelis have no sovereignty over the surveillance kit at al-Aqsa,” the statement read. “Every single inch of the Mosque is for Muslims only.” It added that the Endowment department is the only party in charge of reconstruction works at the Mosque.
The council called on the Islamic Endowment department to work on opening the al-Rahma Gate, which is part and parcel of the al-Aqsa place of worship. The statement called on the concerned parties to rally around al-Aqsa and combine forces to face up to Israel’s schemes to wipe out the Islamic identity of the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
Jordanian Minister of Religious Affairs, Hayel Dawood, also slammed the reports propagated by Israeli media outlets on an agreement between Jordan and the Israeli occupation that sets up the date for the installation of surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa.
“Israel has nothing to do with the affair. It is neither concerned with setting up dates nor with other details as regards Jordan’s sovereignty over Islamic places of worship and the al-Aqsa Mosque,” said Dawood.
“We are committed to dates that we, and nobody else, have set up. No one but Jordan shall keep sovereignty over the Mosque,” the Jordanian minister added. The Israeli occupation authorities and Jordan have agreed on erecting surveillance cameras at the al-Aqsa compound before the Passover, next month, Israel Hayom website claimed on Sunday.
Secretary General of the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf Abdul Munem al-Hiyari denied any agreement with Israeli occupation on the date of installing cameras at the Aqsa Mosque next month.
He affirmed, however, that the technical study is in its final stages. Israel Today newspaper said on Sunday that Jordan and Israel have agreed on installing surveillance cameras at the Aqsa Mosque before the oncoming Passover Jewish holiday next April.
The agreement between Jordan and Israel for installing the cameras under the patronage of the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was signed on October 25, 2015 but it has not been implemented.
Jordan says that it has the sovereignty over the cameras control room with no Israeli intervention, while the Israeli occupation authorities demand to put cameras inside the mosques of the Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock which is rejected by Jordan.
Police Quell Rally Condemning Ban on Entry to al-Aqsa
Israeli media: Jordan and Israel agree on installing cameras at compound
Israeli police, on Sunday, violently suppressed a rally organized by Palestinian women who have been banned, by Israeli authorities, from entering annexed East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, for various periods of time, under 'security pretexts’.
WAFA correspondence reported that Israeli police quelled the rally using stun grenades against female protesters, however, no injuries were reported.
Dozens of Palestinian women have been protesting for months against being denied entry to al-Aqsa Mosque; A sit in was first organized in the neighborhood of Bab al-Majles al-Islami, located in the very heart of Jerusalem's Old City, and was later moved to the nearby Bab al-Amoud area.
Forces further detained one of the protesters, identified as Hanadi al-Halawani, a Quran teacher who is also barred from entering the mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.
The Palestinian Territory, Gaza, and Israel, have been engulfed with a wave of violence since early October 2015, fueled by Israel’s unilateral enforcement of a temporal division on the mosque between Muslims and Jews.
Since then, over 180 Palestinian, including 43 children and nine women, have been killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of violence across the Palestinian territories, in early October of 2015, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Israeli police secure the entry of Israeli settlers into the mosque’s compound on an a daily basis, provoking tension with Muslim worshippers, who often respond by chanting religious slogans to protest their entry.
In related news, Al Ray reports that Israeli occupation authorities, with Jordan, have agreed on erecting surveillance cameras at the al-Aqsa compound before the Passover, next month, Israel Hayom website reported on Sunday.
Israeli radio quoted Israel Hayom as saying that the number of Jews who visited the holy site during the Passover has increased, noting that it is a common interest for Israeli and Palestinians.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided -- despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department -- to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers -- usually protected by Israeli security forces -- while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
However, settler attacks on Christian holy sites have been progressive, in recent years, and are now on the increase, as well.
Jordanian and Israeli authorities were in dispute over erecting the surveillance cameras on the holy site. They were not agreed on the party who would control the system and on the technicality of by which way it will release the photos.
The main point of dispute was over controlling the camera system. Israel asked to be under its supervision, and to have the right to ban the photos it wished to hide.
Both Jordan and Palestine called for not giving Israeli authorities the right to manage the live broadcasting.
However, Israeli authorities asked to erect the cameras all over the holly compound under the pretext that their places help to discover where Palestinians hide weapons and stones. Jordan and Palestine strongly opposed it.
He affirmed, however, that the technical study is in its final stages. Israel Today newspaper said on Sunday that Jordan and Israel have agreed on installing surveillance cameras at the Aqsa Mosque before the oncoming Passover Jewish holiday next April.
The agreement between Jordan and Israel for installing the cameras under the patronage of the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was signed on October 25, 2015 but it has not been implemented.
Jordan says that it has the sovereignty over the cameras control room with no Israeli intervention, while the Israeli occupation authorities demand to put cameras inside the mosques of the Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock which is rejected by Jordan.
Police Quell Rally Condemning Ban on Entry to al-Aqsa
Israeli media: Jordan and Israel agree on installing cameras at compound
Israeli police, on Sunday, violently suppressed a rally organized by Palestinian women who have been banned, by Israeli authorities, from entering annexed East Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque, for various periods of time, under 'security pretexts’.
WAFA correspondence reported that Israeli police quelled the rally using stun grenades against female protesters, however, no injuries were reported.
Dozens of Palestinian women have been protesting for months against being denied entry to al-Aqsa Mosque; A sit in was first organized in the neighborhood of Bab al-Majles al-Islami, located in the very heart of Jerusalem's Old City, and was later moved to the nearby Bab al-Amoud area.
Forces further detained one of the protesters, identified as Hanadi al-Halawani, a Quran teacher who is also barred from entering the mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.
The Palestinian Territory, Gaza, and Israel, have been engulfed with a wave of violence since early October 2015, fueled by Israel’s unilateral enforcement of a temporal division on the mosque between Muslims and Jews.
Since then, over 180 Palestinian, including 43 children and nine women, have been killed by Israeli forces since the outbreak of violence across the Palestinian territories, in early October of 2015, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Israeli police secure the entry of Israeli settlers into the mosque’s compound on an a daily basis, provoking tension with Muslim worshippers, who often respond by chanting religious slogans to protest their entry.
In related news, Al Ray reports that Israeli occupation authorities, with Jordan, have agreed on erecting surveillance cameras at the al-Aqsa compound before the Passover, next month, Israel Hayom website reported on Sunday.
Israeli radio quoted Israel Hayom as saying that the number of Jews who visited the holy site during the Passover has increased, noting that it is a common interest for Israeli and Palestinians.
In 2003, the Israeli government unilaterally decided -- despite the objections of the Islamic Endowments Department -- to allow non-Muslim visitors into the complex.
Since then, under increasingly right-wing Israeli governments, extremist Jewish settlers have been allowed into the site in ever greater numbers -- usually protected by Israeli security forces -- while Palestinian access to the site has become increasingly restricted.
Christians outside of the Levant remain divided on the issue, as biblical end times prophecy states: "I did not see a temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple." ~Revelation 21:22
However, settler attacks on Christian holy sites have been progressive, in recent years, and are now on the increase, as well.
Jordanian and Israeli authorities were in dispute over erecting the surveillance cameras on the holy site. They were not agreed on the party who would control the system and on the technicality of by which way it will release the photos.
The main point of dispute was over controlling the camera system. Israel asked to be under its supervision, and to have the right to ban the photos it wished to hide.
Both Jordan and Palestine called for not giving Israeli authorities the right to manage the live broadcasting.
However, Israeli authorities asked to erect the cameras all over the holly compound under the pretext that their places help to discover where Palestinians hide weapons and stones. Jordan and Palestine strongly opposed it.
1 mar 2016
The Administration of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs of Jerusalem has said that the installation of security cameras at the Aqsa Mosque is a purely Jordanian business and Israel has nothing to do with it.
Spokesman for the administration Firas al-Debs told Quds Press that the Jordanian Awqaf authorities and the Jerusalem Awqaf are both entitled to have the cameras installed at the Aqsa Mosque.
Debs added that delegations of Jordanian technicians and engineers started recently to visit the Aqsa Mosque in order to make renovations and follow up the issue of the cameras.
He denounced the Hebrew press for trying to raise the issue of the cameras at the Aqsa Mosque in accordance with Israel's interests, affirming that these cameras would be fully supervised by the Awqaf authorities in Jordan and Jerusalem.
Spokesman for the administration Firas al-Debs told Quds Press that the Jordanian Awqaf authorities and the Jerusalem Awqaf are both entitled to have the cameras installed at the Aqsa Mosque.
Debs added that delegations of Jordanian technicians and engineers started recently to visit the Aqsa Mosque in order to make renovations and follow up the issue of the cameras.
He denounced the Hebrew press for trying to raise the issue of the cameras at the Aqsa Mosque in accordance with Israel's interests, affirming that these cameras would be fully supervised by the Awqaf authorities in Jordan and Jerusalem.
An ad published Monday by the Jordanian al-Ghad newspaper on vacancies and job opportunities in 1948 Occupied Palestine sparked rage among Jordanian activists.
The ad announced job opportunities for holders of Jordanian citizenship in Eilat city, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, with a daily wage of up to 30 Jordanian Dinars.
A PIC news correspondent called the contact number posted on the ad and was told that there are no more vacancies available. When he asked about the nature of the required jobs, he was told that the company was looking for construction staff with a daily wage of 20 to 30 dinars and with free transportation to and from the workplace.
Commenting on the ad, ex-prisoner Sultan al-Ajlouni wrote on his Facebook page: “What does this ad amount to? Can’t the security agencies discern the risks underlying the ad? Don’t we fear that our children would be entrapped in the nets of the Israeli Shabak and Mossad?
How on earth can the (Jordanian) society remain mum over such a dangerous phenomenon?” Activist Muhammad Khreisheh also said in a Facebook statement: “Israelis want us to reconstruct the very lands they have taken away from us! Damn them and all of their allies!”
Chairman of the Committee for Protecting the Homeland and Resisting Normalization, Dr. Manaf Majali, said soon as the company’s name is verified, the anti-normalization committee will notify the work unions so that a boycott campaign kicks off.
He said earlier the committee detected two companies that recruited workers in Eilat city. Sources in the Aqaba industrial zone said some 400 Jordanians have been working in Eilat on a quasi-daily basis.
Reports were also released on an Israeli-Jordanian deal to recruit 1,500 workers, mostly Jordanians, from al-Aqaba city to work in Eilat.
The ad announced job opportunities for holders of Jordanian citizenship in Eilat city, in 1948 Occupied Palestine, with a daily wage of up to 30 Jordanian Dinars.
A PIC news correspondent called the contact number posted on the ad and was told that there are no more vacancies available. When he asked about the nature of the required jobs, he was told that the company was looking for construction staff with a daily wage of 20 to 30 dinars and with free transportation to and from the workplace.
Commenting on the ad, ex-prisoner Sultan al-Ajlouni wrote on his Facebook page: “What does this ad amount to? Can’t the security agencies discern the risks underlying the ad? Don’t we fear that our children would be entrapped in the nets of the Israeli Shabak and Mossad?
How on earth can the (Jordanian) society remain mum over such a dangerous phenomenon?” Activist Muhammad Khreisheh also said in a Facebook statement: “Israelis want us to reconstruct the very lands they have taken away from us! Damn them and all of their allies!”
Chairman of the Committee for Protecting the Homeland and Resisting Normalization, Dr. Manaf Majali, said soon as the company’s name is verified, the anti-normalization committee will notify the work unions so that a boycott campaign kicks off.
He said earlier the committee detected two companies that recruited workers in Eilat city. Sources in the Aqaba industrial zone said some 400 Jordanians have been working in Eilat on a quasi-daily basis.
Reports were also released on an Israeli-Jordanian deal to recruit 1,500 workers, mostly Jordanians, from al-Aqaba city to work in Eilat.
8 feb 2016
Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, director of the Aqsa Mosque and Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem, has said that the surveillance cameras to be installed in the Mosque's courtyards are a Jordanian project and the Israeli government has no right to interfere with it.
"Jordan will not allow any Israeli party, including the police, to intervene in the installation and control of these cameras," Sheikh Khatib emphasized in press remarks on Monday.
"The project is Jordanian, and the control room and the running of these cameras will be under the management and supervision of the Islamic Awqaf alone," he added.
"As King Abdullah has said, the cameras will be installed in the holy Aqsa Mosque's courtyards, which extend over an area of 144 dunums, in order to uncover the truth of what happens at the Mosque and enable the world to see directly the reality of the situation, without any Israeli intervention," Sheikh Khatib underlined.
Haaretz newspaper had said on Sunday that differences between Jordan and Israel prevented the installation of security cameras in the Mosque's courtyards.
"Jordan will not allow any Israeli party, including the police, to intervene in the installation and control of these cameras," Sheikh Khatib emphasized in press remarks on Monday.
"The project is Jordanian, and the control room and the running of these cameras will be under the management and supervision of the Islamic Awqaf alone," he added.
"As King Abdullah has said, the cameras will be installed in the holy Aqsa Mosque's courtyards, which extend over an area of 144 dunums, in order to uncover the truth of what happens at the Mosque and enable the world to see directly the reality of the situation, without any Israeli intervention," Sheikh Khatib underlined.
Haaretz newspaper had said on Sunday that differences between Jordan and Israel prevented the installation of security cameras in the Mosque's courtyards.
7 feb 2016
Disputes between Israel and Jordan have delayed the installation of cameras at al-Aqsa Mosque, at a time when settler break-ins at the site have seen an unprecedented rise, Haaretz reported Sunday.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) claimed last October that they reached an agreement with Jordan over the installation of surveillance cameras in al-Aqsa plazas and that the move would soothe simmering tension emanating from settler break-ins.
According to Haaretz, in case disagreements would continue, the IOA is likely to install surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa until the advent of the Jewish Passover, by the end of April, which could renew the tension.
A senior Israeli official noted that after many disagreements, the talks were bogged down: “Early on, we realized that the story was more complicated than we thought when the idea was raised,” he said.
Three points of disagreement, including whether Israel will be able to control the live broadcast and where the cameras will be situated, could lead to new tensions over the site. Israeli officials and diplomats incited their government to strike a deal by all means possible before the advent of the Passover, the period when Israeli sacrilegious break-ins reach their highest rate.
Over recent months, Israeli break-ins at al-Aqsa have seen a dramatic surge in what observers dubbed a barefaced attempt by the Israeli government to divide the Mosque between Muslims and fanatic Israelis.
The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) claimed last October that they reached an agreement with Jordan over the installation of surveillance cameras in al-Aqsa plazas and that the move would soothe simmering tension emanating from settler break-ins.
According to Haaretz, in case disagreements would continue, the IOA is likely to install surveillance cameras at al-Aqsa until the advent of the Jewish Passover, by the end of April, which could renew the tension.
A senior Israeli official noted that after many disagreements, the talks were bogged down: “Early on, we realized that the story was more complicated than we thought when the idea was raised,” he said.
Three points of disagreement, including whether Israel will be able to control the live broadcast and where the cameras will be situated, could lead to new tensions over the site. Israeli officials and diplomats incited their government to strike a deal by all means possible before the advent of the Passover, the period when Israeli sacrilegious break-ins reach their highest rate.
Over recent months, Israeli break-ins at al-Aqsa have seen a dramatic surge in what observers dubbed a barefaced attempt by the Israeli government to divide the Mosque between Muslims and fanatic Israelis.
13 jan 2016
Head of the Supreme Islamic Council, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, called on the Jordanian Awqaf to seriously step in and urge the Israeli occupation to halt its aggressive policies against the Muslim worshipers at the holy al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sabri said during a protest vigil staged by the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Commission of Jerusalem Sit-inners to protest Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers on Tuesday: “The Israeli occupation has been pursuing a racist policy that exists nowhere else in the world.”
“Who on earth has the right to ban a worshiper from his/her place of worship?” Sheikh Sabri wondered, adding: “Israeli sacrilegious break-ins at al-Aqsa are just unacceptable. Muslims have the right to pray at the Mosque.”
He slammed the international community for its silence over Israeli terrorism against the peaceful Muslim congregation and Judaization schemes across the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
He held the Israeli occupation responsible for simmering tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of religious figures, activists, and representatives of the civil society partook in the vigil staged in protest at Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers and sit-inners at al-Aqsa.
The protesters lifted banners calling for freedom of worship at al-Aqsa and condemning settler break-ins.
At least 55 Palestinians are currently banned from entering the holy al-Aqsa Mosque after they were blacklisted by Israeli occupation authorities.
Sabri said during a protest vigil staged by the Supreme Islamic Committee and the Commission of Jerusalem Sit-inners to protest Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers on Tuesday: “The Israeli occupation has been pursuing a racist policy that exists nowhere else in the world.”
“Who on earth has the right to ban a worshiper from his/her place of worship?” Sheikh Sabri wondered, adding: “Israeli sacrilegious break-ins at al-Aqsa are just unacceptable. Muslims have the right to pray at the Mosque.”
He slammed the international community for its silence over Israeli terrorism against the peaceful Muslim congregation and Judaization schemes across the holy occupied city of Jerusalem.
He held the Israeli occupation responsible for simmering tension in Occupied Jerusalem.
A number of religious figures, activists, and representatives of the civil society partook in the vigil staged in protest at Israeli bans on the Muslim worshipers and sit-inners at al-Aqsa.
The protesters lifted banners calling for freedom of worship at al-Aqsa and condemning settler break-ins.
At least 55 Palestinians are currently banned from entering the holy al-Aqsa Mosque after they were blacklisted by Israeli occupation authorities.
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