Questions over the timing of the directive to reintroduce conscription have been posed in a Sunday report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN Information.
The Jordanian Armed Forces-Arab Military (JAF) will reinstate conscription beginning February 2026, JAF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Mustafa Hiyari defined on Monday, following Sunday’s directive from Crown Prince Hussain bin Abdullah to reintroduce the draft.
Conscripts are slated to obtain 100 Jordanian Dinars ($141) monthly as their wage, in accordance with the official Jordan Information Company.
The primary draft of conscripts will include 6,000 males who could have turned 18 by January 1, 2026, ultimately rising to 10,000 draftees within the subsequent conscription spherical, Hiyari and authorities spokesperson Mohammad Momani acknowledged.
People born in 2007 and earlier shall be required to proceed suspending their service below the present mechanisms, the information company added.
Refusal to serve shall be punishable by a jail sentence starting from three months to at least one yr, Momani added, stating that there shall be no exceptions.
JAF troopers, together with US Military and Marines troopers, in addition to different worldwide forces participate in a navy train close to Azraq, Jordan, Might 23, 2024; illustrative. (credit score: Jordan Pix/Getty Pictures)
Prime Minister Jafar Hassan praised the crown prince’s directive as “a big step towards strengthening nationwide values and youth improvement,” in accordance with Jordan Information Company. Additional bulletins concerning the small print of the conscription course of shall be introduced within the coming weeks, Hassan mentioned on Sunday.
As well as, Senate President Faisal al-Fayez known as the initiative “very important” and that it will play a “essential” function in reinforcing nationwide id, Jordan Information Company reported.
Is the choice based mostly on latest developments in Israel?
Throughout the press convention, Momani denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that the “Israeli far Proper” undermines “prospects for a two-state answer, threatens regional stability, and the pursuits of all states.”
Additional, questions over the timing of the directive to reintroduce conscription have been posed in a Sunday report by Israel’s public broadcaster KAN Information.
Jordanian conscription was abolished in 1992 in accordance with KAN, previous the 1994 peace settlement between Israel and Jordan, with earlier makes an attempt to reinstate conscription being rejected, together with as not too long ago as 2020.
Whereas causes for reinstating conscription weren’t reported, KAN’s report insinuated that some have attributed it to the deterioration of relations between Israel and Jordan, over the latter’s considerations that Israel’s territorial ambitions don’t cease on the Jordan River.
