Important News
- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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King Abdullah II if Jordan Urges Olmert to Stop Settlement Activity
AMMAN, January 3, 2008 (WAFA) - King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday urged Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to stop Israeli settlement operations on Palestinian land, branding this a "violation" of the understanding reached at the Annapolis conference on November 27, according to an official statement.
"The king reiterated Jordan's rejection of any settlement activity in the Palestinian territories, considering this a flagrant violation of what had been agreed at the Annapolis conference," a royal court statement said.
Abdullah urged Olmert to refrain from any "unilateral actions that could impede progress in the ongoing negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians on final status issues."
He also expressed hope that US President George W Bush's visit to the region next week would represent "a strong incentive for implementing what had been agreed on during the Annapolis meeting and to help the Palestinians and Israelis to fulfill their commitments," including the creation of an independent Palestinian state before the end of 2008.
