Jordanian and Israeli communists condemn deadly church attack, mourn Communist Party cadre

The Jordanian Communist Party and the Communist Party of Israel have strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan, which claimed eight lives, including that of Marwan al-Khaitan, a member of the Jordanian Communist Party's Central Committee. The massacre took place on Friday, October 23, during a funeral service at St. George's Church in Hammoud, near Karak, leaving dozens wounded.

Jordanian communists remain imprisoned after more than 65 days of detention

More than 65 days after their arrest by the Jordanian authorities, cadres of the Jordanian Communist Party remain under detention in a clear case of political persecution and anti-communist repression.

Among those detained are Political Bureau members Dr. Omar Awad and Osama Zain al-Din, along with student activist Bahaa Hisham Ahmad. The Jordanian Communist Party has repeatedly denounced the arrests as arbitrary, unlawful and politically motivated, stressing that the comrades were detained without any legal justification. 

Jordanian Communist Party strongly condemns the arrest of two members of its Political Bureau

Jordanian Communist Party Strongly Condemns the Arrest of Two Members of its Political Bureau

The Jordanian Communist Party strongly condemns, in the harshest terms, the actions of the security authorities in arresting the two comrades, members of the Political Bureau, Dr. Omar Awad and Comrade Osama Zain Aldin, on the evening of Sunday 8 March 2026. The arrest was carried out in a crude manner and through arbitrary procedures, without any legal justification or grounds for this repressive measure. 

KKE condemns the arrest of Jordanian Communist Party members

The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) condemns the arbitrary arrest of two members of the Political Bureau of the Jordanian Communist Party, Omar Awad and Osama Zeineldin, as well as student Bahaa Hisham, by the Jordanian authorities on the night of Sunday, March 8, 2026.

A statement by the International Relations Section of the Central Committee, published in 902 portal, stresses out:

World Peace Council (WPC): Middle East meeting successfully held in Amman

The Middle East Meeting of the World Peace Council  was successfully held from 22-24 June in Amman, Jordan.

The meeting was attended by the Jordanian Peace Council (who hosted the session), the Palestinian Committee for Peace & Solidarity (regional Coordinator), by the Lebanese Peace Council, the Peace Committee of Bahrain, the Peace & Solidarity Committee in Israel and the Peace & Solidarity Council of Tunisia.