Jordanien fråntar palestinier deras medborgarskap

Jerusalem Post skriver att Jordanien har beslutat att frånta palestinierna i Jordanien deras medborgarskap. Detta skulle också gälla personer inom de Palestinska myndigheterna och PLO. Det är inte klart om beslutet även gäller Mahmoud Abbas som är ordförande för PLO och PA.
Den jordanska tidningen Al-Arab Al-Yawm säger att omkring 1,6 miljoner jordanier av palestinsk ursprung skulle beröras av åtgärden.

Jordan to revoke citizenship of PA, PLO officials

In a surprise move, Jordan has decided to revoke the Jordanian citizenship of Palestinian Authority and PLO officials, sources in Amman disclosed Wednesday.
The sources said that the decision would also affect the leaders of the PA, who would be granted temporary Jordanian passports to facilitate their travel.
 The move coincides with a new electoral law in Jordan that seeks to limit Palestinian representation in parliament. 
 he Jordanian newspaper Al-Arab Al-Yawm said that the Jordanian interior minister would be accompanied on his visit to Ramallah by senior officials of his ministry and top security officers.
The paper quoted government officials in Amman as saying that the decision to revoke the Jordanian citizenship would affect some 1.6 million Jordanians of Palestinian origin.