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The governor of the Jordanian capital has turned down a request by the Islamic Action Front to organize a solidarity rally with the Palestinian people next Friday.
Hikmat Al-Rawashde, in charge of the Palestinian file in the party's executive bureau, expressed utter dismay at the governor's refusal of the party's request.
He said in a press statement published by the party's website that the rally, which would have focused on the Palestinians refugees' right of return on the 60th anniversary of the Nakba (usurpation of Palestine), came at a time conspiracies were rising against that right.
The rejection of such rallies only serves the "enemy" and the schemes aimed at resettling those refugees in other countries, Rawashde charged.
The Islamic official lashed out at the Jordanian government, which he described as "unconstitutional", that allows the "Zionist embassy in Amman to celebrate the 60th anniversary of usurping Palestine" and does not allow the solidarity rally.
Tension is running high between the Amman government and the party, which is considered the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, after the government refused all requests by the Islamic movement to organize similar rallies.
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May 7, 2008
5:26 AM
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