IMRA (www.imra.org.il) brings us this piece from the Jordan Times: AMMAN - More than 500 engineers attending the first meeting of the expanded
Jordanian Engineers Association's (JEA) anti-normalisation committee pledged
to continue the anti-normalisation [with Israel] drive, saying it protects the
Kingdom from "Zionist threats." JEA President Azzam Hneidi said those present at the meeting announced they would not succumb to pressure and rescind the professional associations' campaign to counter normal relations with the Jewish state. Hneidi said the large attendance was a victorious sign for the association's anti-normalisation efforts, ... The JEA is the largest and richest of the country's 14 professional associations with 48,000 members - or 50 percent
of all professional associations' membership. Hneidi said enlarging the committee was a way to reiterate that all engineers, ... were united in their feelings against normalisation. The move was also made in support of three JEA anti-normalisation committee members detained since Oct. 7. Hneidi said JEA's move was not meant to increase tension between it and the government... He said distributing school programmes with pictures of Al Aqsa Mosque and calling for anti-normalisation with Israel did not merit arrest. The government, however, has maintained the associations' anti-normalisation committee and its activities were a bold violation of the law that "would not be tolerated." It has said activities, including the issuance of normaliser blacklists, were detrimental to the country's economy. Association sources confirmed the government had requested the associations dissolve the anti-normalisation committee or face possible dissolution. The Professional Associations Council (PAC) however, has repeatedly announced it would not give up its campaign despite government demands.
Jordanian Engineers Association's (JEA) anti-normalisation committee pledged
to continue the anti-normalisation [with Israel] drive, saying it protects the
Kingdom from "Zionist threats." JEA President Azzam Hneidi said those present at the meeting announced they would not succumb to pressure and rescind the professional associations' campaign to counter normal relations with the Jewish state. Hneidi said the large attendance was a victorious sign for the association's anti-normalisation efforts, ... The JEA is the largest and richest of the country's 14 professional associations with 48,000 members - or 50 percent
of all professional associations' membership. Hneidi said enlarging the committee was a way to reiterate that all engineers, ... were united in their feelings against normalisation. The move was also made in support of three JEA anti-normalisation committee members detained since Oct. 7. Hneidi said JEA's move was not meant to increase tension between it and the government... He said distributing school programmes with pictures of Al Aqsa Mosque and calling for anti-normalisation with Israel did not merit arrest. The government, however, has maintained the associations' anti-normalisation committee and its activities were a bold violation of the law that "would not be tolerated." It has said activities, including the issuance of normaliser blacklists, were detrimental to the country's economy. Association sources confirmed the government had requested the associations dissolve the anti-normalisation committee or face possible dissolution. The Professional Associations Council (PAC) however, has repeatedly announced it would not give up its campaign despite government demands.