Ahlam Al-Tamimi under pressure: her husband “is not desirable”

Oman | The new US ambassador to Jordan, Henry Wooster, who arrived in the kingdom on August 17, was quick to open the file on the freed captive Ahlam Al-Tamimi. Along with Wooster’s nomination for the post of Ambassador Extraordinary in Amman, he testified before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee last June, to widely disseminate his response to Senator Ted Cruz on Tamimi, whose case was raised by some. legislators to renew their demand to deliver it to Washington through a letter. Directly to the Jordanian embassy there. Worcester said, at the time, that his country had “multiple options and different kinds of influence to ensure the realization of Arif Ahmed Al-Tamimi’s dreams.”

Although Worcester’s responses were balanced, either during his talk on the importance of the Jordanian role or continuing to support the Kingdom (due to his long experience in the United States embassy as a charge d’affaires for two years in which the post of ambassador remained vacant), Tamimi’s case was different. Although questions have been raised about the nature of the pressure on the kingdom to hand it over, especially in the absence of a Jordanian legal clause allowing it, Wooster wrote: “We will continue to involve Jordanian officials at all levels, not just this one. case (Al-Tamimi), but on the matter of the large-scale extradition treaty. Broader. “He added:” The generosity of the United States towards Jordan in its foreign military financing, as well as economic support and other aid, is carefully calibrated to protect and promote the whole of American interests in Jordan and the region. ” The phrase refers directly to the enormous aid that Amman receives annually, in an amount that exceeds $ 1.3 billion.

Pressure on the Tamimi family coincides with the appointment of the American and Israeli ambassadors, respectively

Therefore, it seems that Jordan has opted for an indirect way of expelling Tamimi and avoiding pressure on her, since she has decided to stop renovating her husband’s residence, who described the decision as surprising, especially in the presence of a An official US demand to extradite his wife, and for this reason he sees direct pressure on Ahlam in his deportation. Nizar, who is also a released prisoner, said: “It was better for the parties who demanded to let me assume their responsibilities to the Jordanian citizenship and provide protection for her and her family, and to continue to insist on the judicial decision that was issued earlier to categorically refuse to extradite her. ” As for Ahlam, she appealed to King Abdullah II to intervene to solve the problem of the deportation of her husband, who seemed to understand that she went to Qatar last Thursday because of the rapprochement of Qatar, “Hamas”.
Internally, this issue does not seem to be the focus of public opinion with concern about the spread of the Corona virus in the country and the deterioration of the economic situation, in parallel with the announcement of the names of the new Senate (the King’s Council) and the next date of the parliamentary elections in which the Muslim Brotherhood will participate this time (once it has reached them). Strongly worded warning in this regard) and left-wing opposition and nationalist parties, as well as the consequences of the Jordanian government submitting its resignation in preparation for the appointment of a new prime minister, after announcing the results of the candidates. This also comes amid regional developments and reactions to the open normalization of the Gulf, which coincided with the appointment of “Sels” to a new Israeli ambassador in Amman late last month.

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