The Islamic Resistance announced the following: “With utmost pride and honor, the Islamic Resistance announces the martyrdom of the martyr fighter Hasan Jaafar Marji, known as “Baqer”. He was born in 1996 from Blida town in southern Lebanon. He ascended as a martyr on the path to [liberate] Al-Quds.”
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon
Amman: Minister of Transport, Wissam Tahtamouni, said the Arab Bridge Maritime Company (ABMC) represents an “Arab success story,” adding that joint Arab projects can follow suit.
The minister’s remarks came during the ABMC’s general assembly meeting in Cairo, chaired by Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel Wazir, in presence of Tahtamouni, as well as a representative of Iraqi Minister of Transport, and the company’s General Manager, Adnan Abadleh, to review the company’s activity, its key achievements, its work plans, and its 2023 financial results.
Tahtamouni said the “successful” management of such joint projects is the cornerstone for their launch, stressing the importance of maintaining the current approach to protect this “distinguished” Arab achievement.
ABMC is considered a “fundamental” development driver for Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) and Egypt’s Nuweiba that reflects an “effective” link between Arab countries and Jordan’s commercial gateway to Africa and Europe, according to T
ahtamouni.
The minister also praised the company’s role in supporting people in the besieged Gaza Strip by providing all facilitations and transporting humanitarian aid trucks to Gaza.
In this context, she referred to the continuous coordination with Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Jordanian Embassy in Cairo to transport citizens and Arabs returning from Gaza onboard the company’s ships, noting ABMC’s “important” role to serve the local community.
Tahtamouni expressed appreciation to the company’s management for their efforts to advance this Arab project, noting that ABMC’s general assembly meetings are an opportunity to strengthen joint cooperation ties between Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq in various transportation fields.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Amman: The Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), alongside the Water Reuse and Environmental Conservation Project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), on Sunday hosted a workshop titled “Engaging Stakeholders and Presenting Initial Findings on the Economic Value of Water in the Jordan Valley.”
The workshop aims to emphasize the importance of tapping into new water sources, enhancing water use efficiency in agriculture, focusing on economically viable crops, and presenting a methodology along with preliminary findings of a study assessing the economic value of water utilized for irrigation in the Jordan Valley.
The Secretary-General of the Authority, Hisham Haisa, underlined the prioritization of water provision for farmers, despite challenges and scarcity, highlighting the significance of collaborative efforts with farmers and irrigation water user associations to ensure the success of the Authority’s initiatives.
Haisa underscored the necessity of consultation and partnersh
ip to enrich ongoing endeavors and achieve future objectives, expressing hope that the study would deepen understanding of water value in irrigated zones within the Jordan Valley and guide efforts toward enhanced water resource management.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Amman: The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources hosted on Sunday a workshop focused on broadening the utilization of surface geothermal energy for heating and cooling across Jordan. This collaborative effort involved the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Dutch government.
The workshop featured discussions on geothermal technology, risk assessment, policy frameworks, and financing mechanisms. Additionally, insights were shared from the experiences of the European Union, Germany, Switzerland, and Jordan’s Supreme Council for Science and Technology.
Saleh Kharabsheh, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, emphasized the nation’s strides in renewable energy utilization, highlighting the need to explore geothermal energy as a means to diversify energy sources, particularly given Jordan’s high energy consumption and costs.
While acknowledging the widespread commercial use of geothermal energy for heating and cooling in various countries, Kharabsheh underscored its untapped potential in J
ordan. Leveraging this technology, he suggested, could expedite Jordan’s transition to renewable energy sources, bolster energy security, and align with climate action goals.
Expressing gratitude to the IFC, Kharabsheh appreciated their initiative in promoting geothermal energy adoption.
Khawaja Aftab Ahmed, IFC’s Regional Director for the Middle East, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, echoed the sentiment, emphasizing the significance of geothermal energy in advancing energy efficiency and decarbonization efforts.
Ahmed emphasized the global imperative to shift towards cleaner heating and cooling technologies, especially given the substantial energy consumption dedicated to these purposes. He underscored Jordan’s pivotal role in climate action despite facing challenges such as water scarcity.
Notably, the International Finance Corporation’s initiative aims to foster dialogue and collaboration across the Middle East, Central Asia, Turkey, and Pakistan to expand the utilization of surface geothermal energy for he
ating and cooling, aiming to identify opportunities and overcome barriers in each country’s energy landscape.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Amman: The Israeli aggression against Gaza Strip and Palestinian people is the ugliest aggression witnessed in modern human history, as it revealed false claims of theorists about right of people to freedom, justice, independence, and a safe and stable life,” Senate President, Faisal Fayez, said.
Fayez made the remarks in a speech to politicians and professors from University of Cambridge in Britain, at the invitation of its Centre for Geopolitics about regional and Arab-Israeli conflicts and the latest developments in Middle East region.
Fayez, who is on an official visit to the British capital, London, during which he held several official discussions, noted some conflicts are “decades old and have not ended,” adding that the evidence for their continuity is that Israeli occupation has lasted for nearly eight decades.
Palestinian people are still suffering injustice, killing, and arrest on a daily basis, he said, indicating that this historical fact is confirmed by the ongoing Israeli aggression against
Gaza Strip today.
Fayez stressed that the continued Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories has increased the conflicts facing our world and has fueled more tension and instability at all regional and international levels.
In this regard, he noted the Israeli occupation is now striving to transform the conflict in the region into a religious war, without caring about the catastrophic consequences to which all will be exposed.
According to a Senate statement on Sunday, he called on the international community to take “practical” measures to stop the aggression on Gaza Strip and open crossings to deliver relief aid to its residents.
To date, he noted that this aggression claimed lives of tens of thousands of Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, and aimed to forcibly displace Palestinians, destroy homes and infrastructure, and starve this people within the framework of a systematic, barbaric and racist aggression.
Nothing can justify the continued destruction of the livelihoo
ds of two million people, killing of thousands of Gazan children and women, and destruction of hospitals, schools, mosques and churches, Fayez affirmed.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Amman: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Azmi Mahafzeh, called for activating the Bylaw for Student Partisan Activities aimed to “institutionalize” and develop party-related engagement in universities.
Mahafzeh added that this engagement should provide spaces of freedom for students to practice partisan activity, affirming that this “process shouldn’t hinder progress of educational process and ensure neutrality of universities as institutions that incubate student activity.”
During a workshop held by Politics and Society Institute (PSI), in cooperation with King Abdullah II Fund for Development (KAFD), in the Dead Sea, he said the next stage is “important” in removing doubts among university students regarding party work.
Mahafzeh added that this future drive also seeks to strengthen the “new” path that was launched by Royal Committee to Modernize the Political System, to integrate the Kingdom’s younger generation into public life and create “safe” spaces t
o engage in party activity.
According to a PSI statement Sunday, the minister pointed out that universities are “not required to play party role by attracting students to partisan activities, but rather provide an incubating environment and safe spaces that aim to change students’ mental image and fears on practicing political and party-related work.”
Source: Jordan News Agency
