Instability in neighboring Jordan is ‘bad news’ for Israel
For the past several years, Jordan has come under increasing strain due to wars in bordering Iraq and Syria, which has led to many refugees resettling in Jordan. Combine a population holding divergent loyalties with a poor economic situation, and the result has been unrest.
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(April 6, 2021 / JNS) The arrest last weekend of nearly 20 people, including former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein, by Jordanian authorities in what is being viewed by some as a coup attempt has led to fears over the stability of the strategic Arab state.
Jordan, a key U.S. and Israeli ally, is important for Israel’s national security because it serves as a buffer against radical forces from within the country as well as those further east, Israeli Middle East experts told JNS.
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Neither project would have happened without the commitment of Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetzov, 41, the daughter of Sylva Zalmanson and Edward Kuznetsov, who were both sentenced in the Leningrad trial.
Kuznetsov, along with Mark Dymshits the pilot who was to fly the captured plane was sentenced to death at the Leningrad tribunal on December 24 1970, for his role as one of the main architects of the so-called hijacking plan. The Soviets hoped to make an example of the group and instill fear in the millions of Jews living under Soviet rule. By Decembe 31, however, the court backtracked and the death sentences were commuted to 15 years imprisonment, and the sentences of most of the other defendants, including Anat’s mother, Sylva Zalmanson, were also reduced.