Amman  - The Jordanian government Saturday condemned what it called a series of "aggressions" on Palestinian civilians by Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron, and urged the Israeli authorities to stop such "provocative" acts.

Amman  - Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Bashir conferred Saturday with his visiting Paraguayan counterpart Alejandro Hamed Franco on latest developments in the Middle East and means of boosting bilateral ties.

"Bashir expressed Jordan's keenness on building ties of cooperation with Paraguay either on bilateral basis or within the regional framework of the Mercosur states in various spheres, particularly in the economic field," a foreign ministry statement said.

Amman - The Jordanian government Thursday strongly condemned as a "violation" of international law Israel's allowing 70 ultranationalist Jews to enter the yard of al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, which Israel captured from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War.

"The Jordanian government strongly condemns the Israeli police's permission of 70 ultranationalist Jews to enter the Islamic shrine under their protection, and consider it a provocation for Muslim feelings," Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communication Nasser Judeh said.

"Jordan considers Israel, as an occupation power, directly responsible for such violations of international law and their dangerous repercussions."

Amman- Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Bashir conferred Thursday with the UN Middle East envoy Robert Serry and urged the world community to put pressure on Israel to end the blockade of the Gaza Strip, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.