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Jordan’s lukewarm welcome for Gazan job seekers

Reconciliation with Hamas prompts easier rules, but native Jordanian East Bankers are still nervous.

A Palestinian laborer in Amman, Jordan [file]

By REUTERS/Ali

  Jarekji AMMAN — Jordan is reportedly taking steps toward easing restrictions on Palestinians from the Gaza Strip looking for work in the kingdom, but progress has been slow amid controversy over its impact on the unemployment rate and the country’s sensitive demographics.

But even as progress has been slow, Gazans living in the kingdom like Ahmed Abdel Munim, who lives in a refugee camp near the Roman-era city of Jerash and is one of the beneficiaries, say they are already feeling the change.

Sharing a small house with his wife and eight children, Ahmed said that until recently he was prohibited from owning property, despite earning and saving enough from his small construction company to afford a home. Continue Reading »