Israel welcomed a decision by Jordanian officials to crack down on Hamas operations in the Hashemite kingdom. “Hamas is not a threat just to Israel. It is a threat to the Palestinian Authority, to the Jordanians,” Cabinet member Haim Ramon said Tuesday. His comment came one day after Jordanian security forces shut Hamas offices in Amman, detained several of the group’s activists and issued arrest warrants for four of its leaders.
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