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Pro-Hamas militiamen in Iraq halt oil supplies to Jordan

The National 26 Oct 2023
Since then, the movement of Iraqi oil has often been blocked, depending on the status of political ties between Amman and Baghdad. Baghdad is widely seen in Amman and other Middle East capitals as having become a satellite of Iran in the past decade, with militias in Iraq and Syria attacking US and other targets.
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Saudi Arabia to offer ‘home-grown’ solutions to regional challenges at Arab League summit: Analysts 

Arab News 19 May 2023
AMMAN. Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah is hosting the 32nd Arab League summit at a time of change and upheaval in many parts of the Arab world ... The summit is happening in the shadow of a deadly conflict and humanitarian emergency in Sudan ... “The major components of the road map for Syria have been agreed upon in Jeddah and Amman,” said Ayasrah.
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Jordan to host talks on Syria's return to Arab League

Reuters 30 Apr 2023
Meeting brings Syrian FM together with group of Arab statesJordan seeks an Arab-led peace road map. AMMAN, April 30 (Reuters) - ... Officials said the Jordanian initiative calls on Damascus to engage with Arab governments collectively on a step-by-step road map to end the conflict.
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Smotrich & Palestinians - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 03 Apr 2023
All the same, the next day, Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman to protest Smotrich endorsing the map ... Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine or the Islamic Jihad movement and they all feature maps of Mandate Palestine as a solid unit with no sign of Israel.
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Arab world aims to reconnect with Syria

Gulf News 31 Mar 2023
This coincided with Amman and Damascus moving closer to each other and reopening their borders ... But reinstating Syria’s membership in the Arab League is one thing while adopting a road map to resolve the Syrian crisis is another ... Osama Al Sharif is a journalist and political commentator based in Amman.
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Jerusalem Sending ‘Conciliatory Messages’ to Amman

The Algemeiner 23 Mar 2023
JNS.org – Israel is increasing its diplomatic outreach to Jordan amid anger in Amman over a speech by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissing Palestinian peoplehood and displaying a map of the Hashemite Kingdom within the Jewish state’s borders ... ties with Amman.
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Netanyahu seeks to soothe US concerns over settlement repeal

Herald-Standard 23 Mar 2023
Pressure against Israel's new government mounted further Wednesday as the Jordanian parliament voted to expel Israel's ambassador over Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's speech at a podium adorned with a map of Israel that purportedly included Jordan.
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Lower House Votes To Expel Israeli Ambassador

MENA FN 22 Mar 2023
(MENAFN - Jordan News Agency) Amman, Mar. 22 (Petra) -- The Lower House of Parliament has voted to expel the Israeli ambassador in Amman in protest of an Israeli far-right minister's use of a map ... .
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Jordanian MPs vote to expel Israeli envoy in Amman over Palestine denial speech

Arab News 22 Mar 2023
The Jordanian Parliament’s Lower House has voted to expel Israel’s ambassador in Amman in protest over Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s reference to a map of Israel that included the occupied ...
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Palestinian Authority to ask ICC to arrest Smotrich

The New Arab 22 Mar 2023
... at a lectern that included a map used by Jewish extremists, showing 'Greater Israel' covering the occupied West Bank and Jordan ... Jordan's parliament, angered by this remark and the 'Greater Israel' map, voted on Wednesday to expel the Israeli ambassador to Amman in protest.
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Netanyahu seeks to soothe U.S. concerns over settlement law repeal

The Los Angeles Times 22 Mar 2023
Pressure against Israel's new government mounted further Wednesday as the Jordanian parliament voted to expel Israel's ambassador over Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's speech at a podium adorned with a map of Israel that purportedly included Jordan.
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Prosecutors reveal planned Proud Boys witness was informant

The Associated Press 22 Mar 2023
Pressure against Israel's new government mounted further Wednesday as the Jordanian parliament voted to expel Israel's ambassador over Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's speech at a podium adorned with a map of Israel that purportedly included Jordan.
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US blasts Israeli minister's 'dangerous' Palestinian denial

Anadolu Agency 21 Mar 2023
The minister delivered the incendiary comments from a podium adorned with a map adorned with a picture of "greater Israel," which included occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan. Amman sharply rebuked Smotrich for using the image, saying it is a violation of the peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.
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Israeli minister denies the existence of a Palestinian identity, inviting US rebuke

CNN 21 Mar 2023
“We utterly object to that kind of language ... The podium he was standing at was draped in what appeared to be a variation of the Israeli flag displaying an enlarged map of Israel that included the occupied West Bank, Gaza and most of Jordan ... Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman on Monday in protest, citing Smotrich’s use of the map ... .
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Israeli minister says there’s ‘no such thing as a Palestinian people,’ inviting US rebuke

CNN 21 Mar 2023
“We utterly object to that kind of language ... The podium he was standing at was draped in what appeared to be a variation of the Israeli flag displaying an enlarged map of Israel that included the occupied West Bank, Gaza and most of Jordan ... Jordan summoned the Israeli ambassador to Amman on Monday in protest, citing Smotrich’s use of the map ... .
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