Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. Since February 2022, Adwan used his diplomatic passport 12 times to smuggle various goods, including “birds, pigeons, electronic cigarettes and gold”, the Shin Bet statement alleged.įrom the beginning of this year, he began smuggling weapons across the border “out of greed, and received large sums of money”, it added. Jordan’s official Petra news agency reported earlier that “other defendants admitted to trading and smuggling weapons, gold and e-cigarettes in association” with Adwan.Īhmad Safadi, speaker of the Jordanian parliament’s lower house, told local media that after Adwan’s release by Israel, the legislature had voted to strip him of immunity from prosecution, following a court request.Īdwan is a lawyer and member of the Jordanian parliament’s Palestine committee. Jordan in 1994 became the second Arab country to recognise and sign a peace treaty with neighbouring Israel, after Egypt. The MP is charged with exporting weapons with the intention of illegal use, and committing acts likely to disrupt public order and threaten security of the country, the lawyer added. “Imad al-Adwan appeared today before the state security court and was questioned by the prosecutor following the confiscation of firearms and gold in his possession by the Israeli authorities,” his lawyer, Ali al-Mubaeedin, told AFP. Israel later transferred him to Jordanian authorities. He was detained at the Israel-administered Allenby (King Hussein) crossing between Jordan and the West Bank on April 22, when Israeli security forces allegedly found 12 rifles and 194 pistols in his car, Israel’s Shin Bet internal security agency said at the time. Photo credit should read: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Photographer: Jordan Pettitt Provider: PA.
Imad al-Adwan, 35, faces a prison sentence of up to 15 years if convicted. Around 1,400 members of Unite will walk out for 10. Jordan MP charged in West Bank gun-smuggling attempt: lawyerĪ Jordanian member of parliament was charged in the kingdom Tuesday over an attempt to smuggle weapons into the Israeli-occupied West Bank, his lawyer said. In pictures and videos from Balata shared online, Israeli soldiers and vehicles, including bulldozers, could be seen moving through the densely populated camp.
There was no immediate information on Israeli casualties or confirmation from the Israel Defense Forces. that three people had been killed by Israeli troops in Balata, a large refugee camp directly east of Nablus.Īnother six people were injured, including one person in critical condition, the ministry said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said at 3 a.m. At least three Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli fire during an overnight raid in a northern West Bank refugee camp, Palestinian health authorities said early Monday.
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