Opposition, trade unions blast Israeli official's visit to Jordan

Mon, 03 Jan 2011

Amman - A coalition of Jordanian opposition parties and trade unions on Monday rebuked the government for secretly receiving the Israeli national security chief Uzi Arad in Amman last week, and urged the rupture of ties with the Jewish state.

The protest follows Israeli reports that Arad paid a secret visit to Jordan on December 27 and met with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh.

"We are surprised over Arad's visit which coincides with the enemy's culminating intransigence and rejection of the two-state solution and pressures at the Knesset to resolve the Palestinian question at the expense of Jordan," the statement issued by the panel representing over 20 opposition parties and trade unions said.

It urged the government to "stop all contacts with the enemy in the run-up for severing ties and abrogating the peace pact" which Jordan concluded with Israel in 1994.

Jordan has so far declined either to confirm or deny Arad's visit.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/360536,israeli-officials-visit-jordan.html.