Day: 6 May 2023

Prices of 21-karat gold, the highest demand at local market, stood at JD41 per gramme, as purchasing price, against JD39.30 as selling price, an official said Saturday. Jordan Jewelers Association’s Secretary General, Ribhy Allan, told Jordan News Agency (Petra) that the price of 24-karat and 18-karat gold amounted to JD48 and JD36.60 respectively. The price of a Rashadi lira, weighing seven grammes, stood at JD289, while an English lira, which weighs eight grammes reached JD330, Allan said. He added that last week the gold experienced many events in the global market, especially following the US Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to raise the interest rate by 25 basis points, with which it recorded a new historical price of $2080 per ounce, before experiencing fluctuation at the end of its weekly trading with the rise of the dollar. He added that gold prices in global markets on Friday reached $2,016 per ounce.

Source: Jordan News Agency

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned Saturday, following the tradition of pledging his oath within the halls of Westminster Abbey. The resplendent and grandiose coronation, a spectacle not seen in seven decades, harkened back to a millennium-old custom. In attendance were His King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah, alongside a distinguished assemblage of Arab and international leaders. King Charles III was regally ensconced upon the historic King Edward’s Chair. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, anointed the monarch with consecrated regal oil, sourced from the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. This sacred anointing essence, reserved for momentous occasions, had been prepared within the sanctified walls of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, just this past March.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordanian national, Sarah Abu Al-Wafa, participated in the coronation ceremony of King Charles III, held Saturday in London, as a representative of the Middle East region. Abu Al-Wafa, who is a graduate of the Tariqi (My Way) project, one of the King Abdullah II Fund for Development projects, participated in the coronation ceremony upon an invitation from the Prince Trust International, a British charitable network concerned with supporting youth around the world, and was founded by King Charles III when he was crown prince in 2015.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Jordan’s Embassy in Washington participated in the “Passport DC” Open Day for Embassies, which aims to introduce countries’ culture, civilizations and products. A group of musicians from the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) participated in the event, and performed Jordanian musical compositions throughout the day. A number of Jordanian products, works of art by Jordanian artists, and presentations on tourist places in the Kingdom were also presented. The embassy welcomed significant number of attendees who expressed their admiration for the Kingdom’s culture, achievements and civilization.

Source: Jordan News Agency

The three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today, al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Ayyam, and al-Quds, highlighted the weekly anti-occupation, anti-settlements protests in the occupied West Bank and the dozens of injuries caused in the Israeli army suppression of the protests. The dailies also highlighted Israel turning over the bodies of three Palestinians held by the occupation authorities killed by its soldiers in Nablus. Here are the main headlines of the three dailies: Al-Hayat al-Jadida: Dozens of injuries in the West Bank, and the occupation forces suppress a protest against the siege on the village of Shufa. The funeral of the martyrs Uday and Jihad al-Shami and Mohammad Dabeek in Nablus today The President receives the Tunisian ambassador and an advisory delegation to the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs On behalf of the President, Khoury participates in the official reception of Patriarch Mor Ignatius Afram II A young man was killed in Ain Mahel within the 48 territory Students and their families await their right to fair compensation A secret document reveals the decline of Israel’s global standing A poll shows a decline in confidence in the Israeli government and support for the opposition parties in new elections The extremist Ben Gvir attacks Gallant Al-Ayyam: Dozens of injuries as a result of the occupation’s suppression of the Friday marches and the response to storming and assault by settlers The occupation hands over the bodies of three martyrs from Nablus The President receives an advisory delegation of the Higher Presidential Committee for Churches Affairs and the Tunisian Ambassador Settlers re-take land in Deir Dibwan Two workers were wounded by the occupation bullets, south of Qalqilya 40,000 people performed Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque Dozens demonstrate against demolition and deportation in Sheikh Jarrah Al-Quds: Dozens were injured by bullets during rallies and attacks in the West Bank The bodies of three martyrs from the Lions’ Den group returned 40,000 perform Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Netanyahu is considering approving capital punishment law for (Palestinian) prisoners Strong Israeli incitement against Sheikh Ikrima Sabri World Health Organization: Covid-19 no longer constitutes an emergency US court rejects lawsuit against Palestinian group accused of supporting “terrorism”

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)

Jihad Mohammad Shami, 24, Udai Othman Shami, 22, and Mohammad Raed Dabbeek, 18, were laid to rest in their Nablus hometown today in a funeral attended by hundreds of mourners, 55 days after they were shot dead by Israeli occupation forces. Israeli soldiers shot dead the three young men on March 12 in an ambush when they were in a car near a military checkpoint southwest of northern West Bank city and have been holding their bodies since then. While more than 130 other bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers remain in Israeli custody, some for years, waiting to be buried by their families, the army last night, in a step that has rarely been done, released the bodies of the three young men and handed them over to the Palestinians. The bodies were taken to a hospital in Nablus where they were kept in the morgue before they were given proper funeral and buried today by their families, friends, and hundreds of Nablus residents.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)

The Israeli occupation forces today suppressed an anti-settlements protest in Maghayer al-Abeed community in Masafer Yatta in the South Hebron Hills, according to a local activist. Rateb Jabour, active in the anti-settlements movement, told WAFA that soldiers fired tear gas and stun grenades at the protesters and provided protection to settlers roaming the area. He said the soldiers held journalists, including a WAFA driver, and prevented them from reaching the site of the protest.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)

Israeli occupation forces today detained two Palestinian boys in occupied East Jerusalem and assaulted one of them, according to witnesses. They said the forces stopped the boys in Jerusalem’s Old City, and brutally assaulted one before detaining the two.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)

Reacting to Israel’s killing this morning of two young Palestinian men in Tulkarm, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said Israel’s sense of impunity encourages it to commit crimes against the Palestinians. The Prime Minister offered his condolences to the families of Samer Shafiee and Hamza Kharyoush, both 22 years of age, who were killed by the occupation forces during an assault on the northern West Bank city. ‘The martyrs Shafiee and Kharyoush are two new victims of organized terrorism practiced by the occupation soldiers against our people, as they carry out their portable crimes with extra-judicial executions, without the slightest care for international laws and humanitarian laws. They are tyrannized by the lust for murder that feeds on the doctrine of burning, erasure, and genocide,’ he said in a statement. Shtayyeh held the occupation authorities fully responsible for what he described as ‘the horrific crimes,’ considering ‘the occupation’s continuation in committing its crimes is a result of the absence of unified international standards, and the perpetrators’ sense of impunity.’ Shafiee and Kharyoush’s funeral was held today in Tulkarm attended by hundreds of people as the city observed a general strike.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)

Four Palestinians sustained injuries today in an assault by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in the village of Maghayir al-Abid, in Masafer Yatta region, to the south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources. Osama Makhamreh, a local Palestinian activist, told WAFA that a group of army-guarded Israeli settlers physically assaulted a number of Palestinian civilians in the village, lightly injuring four of them. Earlier today, Israeli occupation forces fired stun grenades at nonviolent Palestinian protesters demonstrating in the village against colonial Israeli settlement activities. The forces also clamped down on journalists covering the protest and briefly detained some of them.

Source: Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)