AMMAN - Jordan’s central bank will close all eight branches of Jordanian banks in the Palestinian territories if they are subject to threats or attack, government spokesman Nasser Jawdeh warned on Monday. The warning came shortly after reports that two Arab Bank branches in Gaza City closed after coming under siege from angry Palestinian civil servants who had not received their salaries in their bank accounts. “Jordan’s central bank will be forced to close some, if not all, Jordanian banks in the Palestinian territories if they are threatened or face any danger,” Jawdeh told a weekly news conference.
| Apparently they value their business with the West, especially 'Merkins, more than they do with the Paleos. Whoda thunk? |
| "Mahmoud, get me another USB thumb drive! Quickly!" |
Jordan has been embroiled in a dispute with Hamas over an alleged arms caches in the kingdom and plots by the Islamic militant group.
| And Hamas thought there wouldn't be any blow-back ... |
Witnesses said there had been violent rows between civil servants and a bank manager in one of the two branches. Police officers were called to the scene following the disturbances, the witnesses said.