09.02.2011                     05.Adar l, 5771

Jordanien:

Abbas, Dahlan take out Jordanian citizenship

Move comes as PA urges Amman to stop giving Palestinians citizenship to "consolidate their identity"; Jordanian official warns King Abdullah II against repercussions of revoking citizenship.

Senior Palestinian Authority and Fatah officials, including President Mahmoud Abbas and his two sons, have been given Jordanian citizenship, a top Jordanian politician disclosed on Tuesday.
The Palestinian leaders were given Jordanian citizenship despite the fact that the authorities in Amman have been revoking Jordanian citizenship of thousands of Palestinians….