Jordan jails journalist over report on 'land corridor' with Israel

Jordanian journalist Hiba Abu Taha has been sentenced to a year in prison for publishing a report that exposed Jordan’s alleged role in exporting goods to Israel through a land corridor.

The report, entitled “Partners in genocide... Jordanian capital involved in genocide in the Gaza Strip" was published in Annasher, an Lebanese media outlet.

It describes the involvement of some Jordanian companies in shipping goods to Israel through a land corridor.

In February, Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh denied the existence of a land route from his country to Israel, describing reports alleging so as “fabrications”.

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