Jordan is Growing Up

I don’t know if you’ve noticed lately, but Jordan is trying really hard to grow-up.

It realizes fighting Jews for no reason at all makes no sense. And Jordan has been learning that getting along with Jews makes lots of sense. The King of Jordan and his supporters have warmed up considerably toward Israel.

These Jordanians view Jordan, America and Israel as their three most favorite countries. The economy in Jordan is doing great. People love doing business with the Israelis. There are all kinds of deals that make cooperation economically beneficial for all the interested parties and it’s working out beautifully. Of course there are naysayers.

If you’re interested in knowing how the King chose to deal with the most recent round coming directly from the naysayers, read this:

Jordan Bans ‘Nakba’ Commemorations

Jordanian authorities have banned all events marking the “Nakba,” or Catastrophe, as Arabs refer to the creation of Israel 60 years ago.

Several pro-Palestinian groups and Jordanian opposition parties have been planning to hold a rally in Amman on Friday.

But the authorities informed the organizers of the decision to ban the event, as well as other “illegal public gatherings.”

The Islamic Labor Front, which was planning a major rally in the capital, condemned the ban as unconstitutional.

The party expressed outrage over the decision, noting that the Jordanian government had allowed the Israeli Embassy in Amman to celebrate Israeli Independence Day.

Earlier this year, Jordan banned relatives of Ala Abu Dhaim, the Palestinian who killed eight students and wounded eight at Jerusalem’s Mercaz Harav Yeshiva on March 6, from mourning him in public.

The relatives were warned against receiving mourners in a public place or erecting a monument to commemorate the gunman, who was killed in the attack.

The family expressed outrage at the decision, pointing out that Israel had allowed their relatives in Jerusalem’s Jebl Mukaber neighborhood to hoist Hizbullah and Hamas flags and to identify publicly with the gunman.

by Khaled Abu Toameh | The Jerusalem Post