Day: October 11, 2022

The UN Tuesday pledged support to help in achieving the demarcation of the maritime border agreement between Lebanon and Israel.

The UN spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, told the Jordan News Agency that the UN “will do whatever the parties ask it to do,” adding that the UN supports peaceful diplomatic successes, especially “when issues are a source of Tension between countries for a long time.

“The United States is mediating this very process, but we will support the parties in any way we can to ensure the success of the agreement,” he added.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Lower House’s Foreign Affairs Committee said Tuesday that escalating provocations by the Israeli occupation authority at the Al Aqsa Mosque, including restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshippers, is a flagrant violation of the international law and the historical and legal status quo in Jerusalem and its sanctities.

In a press release, head of the committee, MP Khaldoun Heina, denounced the actions perpetrated by Jewish extremists, including raids into the holy compound as well as violations against Muslim cemeteries, under the protection of Israeli police.

He warned that ongoing attacks against the holy sites and raids across the occupied Palestinian territories would lead to further escalation.

The MP made it clear that Al Aqsa Mosque/ Haram Al Sharif, with its entire area of 144 dunums, is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims, calling on Israel, the occupying power, to cease all measures aimed at changing the existing historical and legal status quo and imposing a temporal and spatial division of the holy shrine.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates on Tuesday hailed the US role in reaching an agreement on the maritime border demarcation between Lebanon and Israel.

The ministry spokesperson, Sinan Majali, stressed the importance of this agreement, which will enable Lebanon to leverage gas fields in the Mediterranean, and thus help the country tackle its economic challenges and achieve security and stability.

Majali said that Jordan supports all measures that benefit Lebanon, establish its security and stability and help it in facing all its challenges.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The Amman Magistrates Court on Tuesday heard via video link the testimonies of two survivors of the deadly collapse of a building in the Amman neighborhood of Jabal Luweibdeh, who remained hospitalized for injuries sustained in last month’s incident.

In its sixth open session in the case, presiding judge Sharaf Abu Latifeh decided to remand the three defendants in custody until Thursday, as the trial was adjourned to check the 31 public prosecution evidences, including those of 18 plaintiffs and 7 experts as well as 3 other reports.

The first witness, a 54-year-old woman, told the court she lived in the third floor of the building and was with her husband and son praying at about 04:00 pm when they heard an explosion and the roof of the building fell on her chest. She said she was rescued by the civil defense, but her son died.

She said no one checked on the condition of the old building during her 4-year residency, which prompted her to file a law suit.

The other survivor said he was washing for prayer when he heard an explosion and thought it was an earthquake, and the walls and ceiling crumbled, trapping him, but he could only move his right hand, and was reached eight hours later by civil defense rescue teams, who found he had fractures in his hand and fingers.

He said he was in the house with his wife and family members, who all survived, but his son died.

The court began the hearings on September 25, where Public Prosecution witnesses gave testimonies, and the defendants pleaded not guilty on the charges, including causing death, 14 times, and causing harm, 9 times.

Source: Jordan News Agency

About 23,000 Jordanian pilgrims have performed Umrah (Lesser Pilgrimage) since the beginning of Umrah season in August, head of the religious tourism committee at the Jordan Society of Tourism and Travel Agents (JSTA), Belal Rubin, said on Tuesday.

Speaking to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), Rubin indicated that citizens’ demand to perform Umrah during the past two months is good and rising, especially after easing travel procedures and requirements between Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and providing Umrah trips at affordable prices.

Regarding the procedures, he stressed that traveling measures are simple and smooth and there are no restrictions, especially that coronavirus tests are not required from pilgrims, noting that the pilgrim is only required to have the meningitis vaccine, which is provided free of charge by the Ministry of Health.

Source: Jordan News Agency