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Source: http://www.bitterlemons-international.org/inside.php?id=1060
Amman Suspends Its Hamas Flirtation
[bitterlemons-international] Rana Sabbagh-Gargour - Jordan has stalled its brief "tactical" flirtation with Hamas, freezing talks begun this summer with Hamas and its Jordanian allies, the Muslim Brotherhood. This brief thaw was engineered by Gen. Mohammad Dahabi, the head of Jordan's General Intelligence Department, who was removed on Dec. 29. Israel's Gaza campaign showed the "Hamasization" of the Jordanian street, where Islamists organized hundreds of demonstrations urging the government to engage with Hamas and reverse the unpopular 1994 peace treaty with Israel. They also accused Mahmoud Abbas of collaborating with Israel. The writer is former chief editor of the Jordan Times.