Jordan: Whether workers of Jewish-owned factories in Ramtha have been or currently are targeted for ill-treatment by anti-Jewish segments of the population, and the type of state protection available to victims of such ill-treatment
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 13 February 2003 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | JOR40806.E |
| Reference | 4 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Jordan: Whether workers of Jewish-owned factories in Ramtha have been or currently are targeted for ill-treatment by anti-Jewish segments of the population, and the type of state protection available to victims of such ill-treatment, 13 February 2003, JOR40806.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4db631.html [accessed 31 May 2023] |
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Information on whether workers of Jewish-owned factories in Ramtha have been or currently are targeted for ill treatment by anti-Jewish segments of the population could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within time constraints. However, the following information may be useful.
In 1994 a peace treaty was signed by Israel and Jordan that initially resulted in "a boom in tourism in Jordan" (BBC 21 Dec. 2000). However, according to a December 2000 news report by BBC, "anti-Israel feeling in Jordan is now running so high that few people are prepared to admit that the peace treaty has brought any economic benefits at all" (ibid.). In addition, the report states that "those Jordanians who do business with Israel are mostly unwilling to talk about it openly" (ibid.).
On 27 January 2001, authorities arrested members of the Anti-Normalization Committee (ANC), a group that campaigns against Jordan's relations with Israel (Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001 4 Mar. 2002, Sec. 1d; BBC 27 Jan. 2001). The arrests were made on charges of associating with an illegal group, following the group's publication of a "blacklist" of companies and individuals with ties to Israel or Israeli businesses (Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001 4 Mar. 2002, Sec. 1d; BBC 27 Jan. 2001).
According to Middle East International, the "blacklist," which the ANC published on 22 January 2001, included the names of "68 companies, two private schools, a hotel and various businessmen, artists and journalists" (9 Feb. 2001, 8-9). The report also stated that, on 24 January 2001, the Interior Minister warned the members that "by publishing the 'blacklist' they were 'harming the national economy,' and therefore 'national interests,' and reminded them that the country was bound by a peace treaty with Israel" (Middle East International 9 Feb. 2001, 8-9).
On 6 August 2001, an Israeli businessman was killed in Amman (BBC 7 Aug. 2001; Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001 4 Mar. 2002, Sec. 1a). According to the BBC, the businessman "is the only Israeli to be killed in Amman since it signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1994" (7 Aug. 2001).
An August 2001 news report published in the Amman-based Arabic-language newspaper, Al-Majd, cited the Israeli Ambassador in Jordan as stating: "animosity toward the Jewish state in Jordan has reached a degree that threatens the life of every Israeli there" (13 Aug. 2001).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Al-Majd [Amman, in Arabic]. 13 August 2001. "Al-Majd Reports Jordanian-Israeli Tension Following Israeli's Murder in Amman." (FBIS-NES-2001-0813 13 Aug. 2001/WNC)
BBC News. 7 August 2001. "Israeli Businessman Killed in Jordan." _____. 27 January 2001. "Jordan Arrests Anti-Israel Campaigners." _____. 21 December 2000. Tim Whewell. "Jordan Feels Chill of Mid-East Tensions." Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001. 4 March 2002. United States Department of State. Washington, DC. Middle East International. 9 February 2001. No. 643. Sana Kamal. "Naming and Shaming."
Additional Sources Consulted
Countries of the World: 2003
Jane's Intelligence Review (Jan. 2000 to Jan. 2003)
Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Spring 2000 to Winter 2002)
The Middle East (Jan. 2000, No. 297, to Feb. 2003, No. 331)
Middle East International (14 Jan. 2000, No. 616, to 10 Jan. 2003, No. 691)
Middle East Report (Spring 2000, No. 214, to Winter 2002, No. 225)
NEXIS
Internet sites, including:
Amnesty International
Annual Report on International Religious Freedom (2000-2002)
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2000
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2001
Freedom in the World Report 2001/2002
Jordan Times [Amman, in English] (7 Feb. 2003 to 13 Feb. 2003)
The Star [Amman, in English]
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