A new plan for Palestine that may just work
BY DAOUD KUTTAB May 28, 2022 Source: Arab News The killing of Palestinian TV journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the appalling Israeli police assault on her funeral appear to have […]
Another global recession?
May 25,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Jim O’Neill LONDON — At the start of the year, I expressed concerns about the outlook for financial markets, owing to all the considerable uncertainties that I could identify, and to the many other potential risks that were not yet clear. This was after […]
Conference reaffirms Hashemite Custodianship of Jerusalem’s Christian holy sites
By JT – May 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Participants during the ‘Christians and Christianity in the Middle East’ conference in Amman on Thursday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Participants in the “Christians and […]
Modest Warming in U.S. Views on Israel and Palestinians
Young Americans’ attitudes are as favorable toward the Palestinian people and government as toward Israel BY BECKA A. ALPER How we did this In recent years, U.S. public opinion has become […]
Logistics and the decoupling of East and West
KHALED ABOU ZAHR May 27, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8tk6a Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” is a favorite of business and investment executives, to the point of becoming a cliche. […]
Long marginalised, ‘right of return’ once more a Palestinian priority
May 24,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba — or Catastrophe — […]
Saudi foreign minister reiterates Kingdom’s position on Israel
Saudi Arabian FM Prince Faisal bin Farhan reiterated the kingdom’s stance regarding normalization with Israel. (AN Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/cy4gw ARAB NEWS May 24, 2022 Normalization comes as an end […]
Palestinians denied justice in Israeli courts
YOSSI MEKELBERG May 24, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/cxy7u Once upon a time, there were courts in Israel where Palestinians could, at least occasionally, obtain some of the justice denied to […]
The reasons behind Gulf states’ neutral policy on Ukraine
DR. MOHAMMED AL-SULAMI May 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/bfucq The Russian military campaign in Ukraine has thrown Europe’s geopolitical landscape into disarray. This crisis also overshadows the global order, with countries worldwide adopting various positions toward the crisis, including the Gulf states, which have adopted a policy of neutrality. But […]
Long marginalized, the ‘right of return’ is once more a Palestinian priority
RAMZY BAROUD May 23, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/9snjr The Nakba is back on the Palestinian agenda. For nearly three decades, Palestinians were told that the Nakba — or “Catastrophe” — […]
Just a small incident during the US occupation of Iraq …
The readers of The Muslim Times may recall that your Associate Chief Editor was working for the International Organisation for Migration in Iraq from 2003 to 2011, most of the […]
More than 100 million people forcibly displaced worldwide: UN
A girl who fled with her parents from attacks of armed militants in the Sahel region carries wood for a cooking fire at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) […]
The global hunger crisis is here
May 22,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Seta Tutundjian DUBAI — Global food prices are soaring. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Price Index, which covers a basket of […]
Arab world’s top climate priority must be water security
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 21, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/8vk64 The Middle East and North Africa will host the next two climate summits, which will take place in Sharm El-Sheikh this year […]
Rich Lebanese buy ‘island passports’ as crisis bites
A view of Nevis island from the southeastern peninsula of Saint Kitts. (Wikimedia Commons) Short Url https://arab.news/2uj83 Updated 8 sec ago AFP May 22, 2022 Wealthy Lebanese, mostly living in […]
Umrah season for foreign pilgrims to end May 31
The current Umrah season for Muslims traveling to Saudi Arabia from outside the Kingdom will end on May 31. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/9qzcj Updated 06 May 2022 RASHID HASSAN May […]
Israel arrests Shireen Abu Akleh pallbearer
By AFP – May 20,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Amro Abu Khudeir (gray shirt) covers his head as he carries the casket of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh out of a hospital […]
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, traveler, Orientalist, Muslim?
Editor’s Note. There is some argument whether Johann Ludwig Burckhardt alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah genuinely converted to Islam. Personally I think it is difficult to ‘fake’ a conversion. A […]
How Palestinians became a factor in Israeli politics
May 17,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Israel’s coalition government of right-wing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is on the verge of collapse, which is unsurprising. Israeli politics, after all, […]
Lebanon’s last chance?
May 18,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Lebanese people go to the polls in a few weeks. Without exaggeration, this election will decide the country’s chances of […]