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Saba Yemen
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Jordanian security forces disperse popular protest in Jordan Valley against aggression on Gaza & arrest dozens of people
Amman - Saba: Jordanian security forces prevented on Friday afternoon, the holding of a popular rally in the area of the unknown soldier in the Jordan Valley near the border with occupied Palestine, to reject the Zionist aggression against Gaza Strip. According to the Quds Press Agency, since Thursday evening, Jordanian security forces set up dozens of checkpoints on all roads leading to the Jordan Valley from all Jordanian governorates, and cordoned off the area of the Sahaba Mosque, which was designated as a gathering point for the event, and when it could not be reached, hundreds of Jordanians gathered in the vicinity of Abu Aisha Mosque, also located west of Amman, and organized a popular rally after Friday prayers. After Friday prayers, the security services quickly dispersed the popular stand in front of the Abu Aisha mosque by force, and a number of people were arrested, including Ahmad Barakat, a member of the executive office of the Islamic Action Front Party (a Jordanian political party), Mustafa al-Saqer, a member of the executive office of the Islamic Movement (Muslim Brotherhood), and youth activists: Osama al-Hardan and Issa al-Jitawi, among others. Hassan al-Riyati, a member of the Islamic Action Front, said: "At a time when Jordan needs to strengthen the internal front to confront the aggression and its expansionist plans towards Jordan, we see a sudden action by Jordanian officials to arrest participants in marches in support of Gaza and others who provide other forms of support for the resistance." Al-Riyati added: "What is happening today is painful and we must maintain unity in defense of Jordan, as well as Palestine, and what is happening today of judicial rulings on charges of destabilizing relations with a friendly state, the Zionist occupation state, which will only be an eternal enemy to the entire Islamic nation, these are dangerous indicators that we must overcome, and decision-makers in our country Jordan must support the resistance and support everyone who moves for our people in Gaza, as the resistance in Gaza is the first line of defense for Jordan." Abdul Qader al-Khatib, a lawyer for the IAF's Freedom Committee, said: "The banning of today's march is surprising and reprehensible because the event is peaceful and supports the official Jordanian position related to rejecting the Judaization of the West Bank, not changing the status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque and stopping the aggression on Gaza." Jordanian popular forces, including the National Forum to Support the Resistance, the Islamic Movement, the Popular Unity Party (a left-wing nationalist party) and a number of other popular events had called for a series of events that were met with prevention by the Jordanian official side, the last of which was today's march that was scheduled to reach the unknown soldier's square in the Jordan Valley. About four weeks ago, the enemy resumed its aggression on Gaza Strip after a two-month truce and committed many massacres amid a total blockade of the Strip, to renew the Jordanian popular movement rejecting the aggression on Gaza. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Al Arabiya
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Who benefits from war?
Whenever a murder occurs, the first suspicion falls on whoever stands to benefit from the victim's death. Investigations start from this premise and expand until the perpetrator is identified. If we apply this simple and direct premise to the war in Sudan, it clearly leads us to the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated party, known in Sudan as the Islamic Movement. This group ruled the country with an iron fist for three decades, restructuring state institutions to serve its interests and embedding its ideologically driven members into every sector – including security, the judiciary, civil service, banks, and trade licensing. This process, known in the Islamic Movement's doctrine as Tamkeen (empowerment), was their comprehensive project to seize control of the state once and for all. They have the most direct interest in igniting this war. During the three decades of Islamist rule in Sudan, despite their total control over state institutions, opposition movements remained active – especially among students, labor unions, and professionals. These groups continuously reorganized, maintaining ties with political parties that had suffered brutal repression, including imprisonment, persecution, infiltration, and division – often through bribery and the offer of government positions. Despite these challenges, labor and political movements patiently organized themselves with deep knowledge of Sudanese society. This led to the December 2018 uprising, which lasted five months despite the extreme violence used against it. This strong and well-organized movement exhausted the ruling party's political and security apparatus, forcing it into major errors. These missteps encouraged more Sudanese – who had remained neutral – to join the uprising, which ultimately triumphed and ended a 30-year dictatorship. The state's excessive use of violence failed to break the civil movement or push it toward abandoning its peaceful approach. Movement leaders were committed to nonviolence, recognizing Sudan's fragility and long history of civil wars. They understood that without a peaceful approach, the country could descend into total chaos. The victory of the civilian revolution led to the formation of a transitional government with a set of critical tasks outlined in the transitional constitutional document. This document identified 16 key demands, focused on three main objectives: achieving peace, reviving the economy to improve people's livelihoods, and dismantling the one-party state in favor of a government representing all Sudanese. However, the Islamists resisted the civilian-led project through multiple coups, culminating in the war that erupted on April 15. This war was primarily designed to eliminate the civilian political movement and erase the legacy of the December revolution, which had undermined Islamist rule in Sudan. From the very first shot fired in the April 15 war, Islamist militias re-emerged on the political scene, operating from within the army's general command. They openly threatened political forces and youth-led committees that had spearheaded the civilian movement, vowing to eradicate the December revolution and its political legacy. In contrast, from the first day of the war, the civilian forces consistently called for a political process to halt the conflict before it escalated into a full-scale war. Given Sudan's long history of civil wars, prolonging the conflict would deepen ethnic divisions and devastate the country's civil and security infrastructure. A crucial question arises: why do Islamists persistently claim in their media narratives that the civilian forces of the December revolution threatened war and pushed the parties toward confrontation? Some still believe this claim, despite its weakness and lack of credibility. Historical facts and recent events indicate that the civilian movement achieved victory through nonviolent political action – this was its fundamental strength. If the political landscape shifts toward militarization, the civilian movement risks losing this advantage. Meanwhile, the Islamists, with their long history of armed conflict and deep experience in military operations, would thrive. They have well-trained militias alongside their entrenched presence in the state security apparatus, a structure they deliberately reinforced throughout their years in power. Choosing war would mean playing by their rules, in a field where they have the upper hand. The second key point is that the civilian forces had already won twice through mass mobilization. First, in 2019, they ousted the Islamist-led government of Omar al-Bashir. Then, in October 2021, they thwarted a coup against their civilian government through sheer public pressure, forcing the military to negotiate an agreement that would have returned them to their barracks and established a new civilian government by April 2023. That agreement would have restored civilian rule, raising a fundamental question: Why would a political movement ignite a war that would block its own path back to power? The logical answer is that the true instigators of the war were the political losers of that agreement – those with deep expertise in waging war.
Saba Yemen
28-01-2025
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Enemy forces release Sheikh Salah
Al-Quds - Saba: The Zionist enemy forces released, on Tuesday afternoon, the head of the Islamic Movement, Sheikh Raed Salah, after arresting him from his home in the city of Umm al-Fahm and interrogating him. Local sources indicated that Sheikh Salah was investigated regarding the "Peace Dissemination" Committee that was recently launched in the occupied Palestinian territories of 1948. Facebook Whatsapp Telegram Email Print more of (International)
Middle East Eye
28-01-2025
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israel briefly detains prominent Palestinian leader Raed Salah
Israeli police detained and interrogated Raed Salah, a prominent Palestinian religious and political leader, for several hours on Tuesday after raiding his home and office in northern Israel. "Police raided Sheikh Salah's home and took him to a police station for questioning," Khaled Zabarka, Salah's lawyer, told Anadolu agency. The lawyer said that Israeli security forces raided the headquarters of the Spreading Peace Committee, which is led by Salah, and confiscated items. The committee was set up to aid Palestinian citizens of Israel fight against violence and foster civil peace. Salah's arrest came just one day after Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz issued an order for the property of the committee to be seized, on suspicion of affiliation with the Islamic Movement. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters The northern branch of the Islamic Movement, formerly headed up by Salah, has been banned by Israel since 2015. "We are trying to understand the reason behind this Israeli campaign,' Zabarka said. "The Spreading Peace Committees are almost the only body in the Arab community that actively work to fight crime and violence." Following Salah's arrest, several other members of his committee were also summoned by Israeli police, according to Al Jazeera. Sheikh Raed Salah: 'I head to prison standing by my values' Read More » Salah is known for his strong defence of Palestinian rights, including in relation to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. He was released from Israel's Megiddo prison in December 2021, after completing a 17-month sentence on incitement charges. Salah spent all of his sentence in solitary confinement. He served a nine-month sentence on similar charges in 2017, and told MEE in August 2020 that besides being imprisoned six times, he had been arrested too many times to count and endured days-long interrogations. Israel had also put him under house arrest for three years under difficult conditions, including not being allowed any visitors. "I go to prison in complete contentedness, joy and assurance; standing by my values, regretting nothing. I know that as soon as I enter prison, they will start working to build a new case against me and launch a new round of investigations," Salah told MEE shortly before he went to prison for the seventh time.
