Jordan MPs want Israel deal scraped

Amman, 2008 Mar 27, IRIB

Ten Jordanian MPs have presented a bill to the Lower House of Parliament seeking to scrap the 1994 peace treaty with the Zionist regime, one of the lawmakers said.

"We submitted the draft law to Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Majali on Wednesday," MP Hamza Mansur.

The draft gave several reasons for scrapping the treaty, including that the Zionist regime did not honour the agreement and is still a threat to Jordan.

It noted the regime had committed premeditated crimes in Jordan, and genocide in Palestine.

"We know that the Jordanian people want to cancel the agreement, but it is now up to them," said Mansur, a senior member of the IAF, the country's main opposition party and the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood.

"Accoridng to the law, the legal committee at the Lower House is now going to examine the bill before the MPs vote to approve or reject the proposal."