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A demonstration was held in front of the Zionist embassy in Amman in response to the killing of the Jordanian- Palestinian judge Alaa-Eddine Zeaiter who was shot by Israeli troops at the Allenby crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.
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The large number of security forces deployed in the area prevented the demonstrators from reaching the embassy.
The demonstrators demanded the fall of the government and criticized the political Arab regimes. Activists on social media networks also demanded the annulment of Wadi Araba Treaty with the Zionist entity.
Engineer Khaled Ramadan told Al-Manar reporter that the killing of Zeaiter is not a simple crime, but an insult to the whole Jordanian people and a message of threat against them.
The Jordanian government should close the Zionist embassy in Amman, a demonstrator told Al-Manar reporter. "The popular movement will increase", he added.
One of Zeaiter’s relatives said he was not the first martyr of her family, adding that they will continue their struggle for Palestine independence.
The Jordanian foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador to denounce the killing of Zeaiter and to request a comprehensive report. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told the Israeli ambassador that the kingdom expects the Israeli report to include precise details of the incident.
Political circles urged the government to react to this crime by releasing the soldier Ahmad Al-Dakamsa who killed Israeli women in 1997.
Za'eiter, 38, was a Palestinian-born Jordanian citizen who was on his way to meet with family members in the West Bank city of Shechem, when he was shot to death by a Zionist soldier.
(AFP, Al-Akhbar)
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A demonstration was held in front of the Zionist embassy in Amman in response to the killing of the Jordanian- Palestinian judge Alaa-Eddine Zeaiter who was shot by Israeli troops at the Allenby crossing between the West Bank and Jordan.
The large number of security forces deployed in the area prevented the demonstrators from reaching the embassy.The demonstrators demanded the fall of the government and criticized the political Arab regimes. Activists on social media networks also demanded the annulment of Wadi Araba Treaty with the Zionist entity.
Engineer Khaled Ramadan told Al-Manar reporter that the killing of Zeaiter is not a simple crime, but an insult to the whole Jordanian people and a message of threat against them.
The Jordanian government should close the Zionist embassy in Amman, a demonstrator told Al-Manar reporter. "The popular movement will increase", he added.
One of Zeaiter’s relatives said he was not the first martyr of her family, adding that they will continue their struggle for Palestine independence.
The Jordanian foreign ministry summoned the Israeli ambassador to denounce the killing of Zeaiter and to request a comprehensive report. Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told the Israeli ambassador that the kingdom expects the Israeli report to include precise details of the incident.
Political circles urged the government to react to this crime by releasing the soldier Ahmad Al-Dakamsa who killed Israeli women in 1997.
Za'eiter, 38, was a Palestinian-born Jordanian citizen who was on his way to meet with family members in the West Bank city of Shechem, when he was shot to death by a Zionist soldier.
Source: Al-Manar Website | 11-03-2014 - 14:49 Last updated 11-03-2014 |
Israel "regrets" killing Palestinian-Jordanian judge
Israel expressed its regret on Tuesday over the killing of a Palestinian-Jordanian judge, who was shot by Israeli soldiers at a border crossing, and promised Jordan to carry out a joint investigation into his death.
The Israeli military had earlier denounced Judge Raed Zeiter as a "terrorist," saying he was shot dead on Monday after he had attacked soldiers at the Allenby Bridge crossing while making his way to the occupied West Bank.
Striking a more conciliatory tone, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office issued a later statement saying it was committed to its peace treaty with Jordan and would establish an Israeli-Jordanian team to look into what had happened.
"Israel regrets the death of Judge Raed Zeiter yesterday at the King Hussein (Allenby) bridge and expresses its sympathies to the people and government of Jordan," the statement said.
Zeiter, 38, was of Palestinian origins and was buried in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday.
(Reuters)
Palestinian killed after occupation forces open fire on his car
Updated 11:20 am: A Palestinian died and a second was injured Tuesday after Israeli occupation forces fired on their car near Tulkarem in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security sources said.
The sources told AFP that the car then veered off the road, and it was not clear whether the gunfire or the subsequent crash led to the casualties.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.
Abdullah Kamil, Tulkarem governor, identified the man who died as Fidaa Muhye Addin Majadlah, and his passenger as Ibrahim Adnan Shukri, both from the Tulkarem village of Attil, according to Palestinian news agency Ma'an.
The latter was reported to have suffered moderate to serious wounds, and is in Israeli custody. Occupation authorities are also holding Majadlah's body, the Ma'an report added
The death comes one day after occupation forces shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents in the West Bank.
In the first of Monday's killings, a Jordanian-Palestinian judge was shot dead by Israeli troops at the Jordan border, with the Israelis claiming that he tried to snatch a weapon and "strangle" a soldier.
But Palestinian witnesses said the man was shot following an argument over a cigarette in an incident which prompted a furious response from the Palestinian Authority and Amman.
The man was identified as 38-year-old Raed Zeiter who worked as a judge in Amman. Jordan's justice ministry said he worked at a magistrate's court in the capital.
Several hours after Zeiter's death, occupation forces shot dead a 20-year-old Palestinian, identified as Fadi Sayel Darwish, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The army said he had been throwing stones at soldiers.
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