King of Jordan issues initiative to restore Christ’s Tomb in Jerusalem
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah has issued a Royal Benefaction (makruma) to provide for the restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in the Church of […]
Anne Frank House from a Palestinian perspective
Apr 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Aseel Ghaben Besides of the joy travel brings to one’s heart, each destination is also an eye-opener. When getting out of one’s environment, one starts wondering whether he/she would still have the same values, beliefs and norms. Moreover, one would also learn tolerance and acceptance. […]
Sowing the seeds of Syria’s future
Apr 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN We are at risk of producing a lost generation of young Syrians. Nearly six years of civil war have displaced them from their homes, denied them the chance to plan for their future and stolen their hopes. And in hopelessness, as we […]
Machiavellianism may explain dominant forms of politics in Middle East: professor
Politics April 9, 2016 TEHRAN – Professor Farhang Jahanpour, a former senior research fellow at Harvard University, says, “One school of thought that may come close to explaining most of the dominant forms of politics in the Middle East is Machiavellianism.” “While Machiavelli’s ‘The Prince’ was supposed to be a […]
Saudi Arabia to build Red Sea bridge to Egypt
The bridge, which will be named after King Salman, aims to boost trade between the two countries A route of the proposed King Salman Bridge linking Saudi Arabia and Egypt, […]
Palestine in the headline
Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh There is no doubt that the eight-column headline in the sports page of The Washington Post last Sunday was remarkable and unprecedented: “Palestine Marathon sparks a growing push for movement over politics.” Never before have the American media, certainly not the country’s […]
Arab-Jewish segregation comments spark furore in Israel
By Reuters – Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian children gather in a playground during a celebration for Palestinian Child Day, in the West Bank town of Salfit on Tuesday (AP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A far-right Israeli politician has been admonished by his party and roundly condemned by […]
Guantanamo is being emptied – but its legacy of making the guilty innocent and the innocent guilty will continue
Almost half the remaining inmates are Yemeni, but I have to say that I don’t remember many Yemenis in Osama bin Laden’s camps – and I met the man twice in Afghanistan Robert Fisk @indyvoices Friday 1 April 2016 They could go on hunger strike. They could talk to […]
UN, World Bank leaders commend Jordan’s refugee response
By Suzanna Goussous – Mar 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a meeting with students on Sunday at the University of Jordan also attended by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and Jordan Strategy Forum Chairman Omar Razzaz (Photo courtesy of UJ) AMMAN […]
Assad says he can form new Syria government with opposition
Reuters International MAR 30, 2016 – 17:03 By Jack Stubbs and Lisa Barrington MOSCOW/BEIRUT (Reuters) – President Bashar al-Assad said it would not be difficult to agree a new Syrian government including opposition figures, but his opponents responded on Wednesday that no administration would be legitimate while he remained in […]
Lessons from the Brussels attacks
Mar 29,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The early morning terrorist attacks at the main Brussels airport in Zaventem and at a crowded metro station shocked the whole world for their barbarity, their indiscriminate nature and the large number of innocent civilian casualties. The death toll of that bloody […]
Protesters want full rights for children of Jordanian women married to foreigners; picket Prime Ministry
By Rana Husseini – Mar 29,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Protesters hold placards calling for granting full rights to children of Jordanian women married to non-Jordanians during a sit-in near the Prime Ministry on Tuesday (Photo by Rana Husseini) AMMAN — Around 100 people staged a sit-in in front […]
Israel supreme court strikes down landmark gas deal
By Agencies – Mar 28,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – Yossi Abu, chief executive of Delek’s subsidiaries Delek Drilling and Avner Oil, reads the ruling of Israel’s supreme court decision to temporarily block a landmark natural gas agreement, announced late on Sunday (Reuters photo) TEL AVIV — Israel’s top court […]
Dangerous and delusional?
Mar 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY The performance of four of the five remaining presidential candidates at American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) policy conference made […]
Admission of guilt
Mar 28,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US President Barack Obama said his administration will start declassifying documents related to Argentina’s “dirty war”, between 1976 and 1983, during which over 20,000 citizens disappeared. These “missing” Marxists, labour union leaders, human rights activists and leftist opponents were secretly detained, tortured and murdered, […]
Workers suffer in Saudi Arabia as once-mighty Hariri firm falters
By AFP – Mar 27,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on March 9, 2016, shows towers under construction at the King Abdullah Financial District in the Saudi capital Riyadh. Towers in the complex are being built by the Saudi Oger Company and other constructors (AFP photo) RIYADH — […]
Why is David Cameron so silent on the recapture of Palmyra from the clutches of Isis?
In the end, it was the Syrian army – and its Hizballah chums from Lebanon, and the Iranians, and the Russians – who drove the Isis murderers out of Palmyra Robert Fisk @indyvoices Sunday 27 March 2016 306 comments The biggest military defeat that Isis has suffered in more than two […]
Israeli Education Minister: Even if the soldier made a mistake of judgment, he is not a murderer
PNN/ Jerusalem/ The chief of the Yisrael Beytenu right-wing party, Avigdor Liberman, has requested to visit the Israeli soldier who executed a wounded Palestinian in Hebron on Thursday. According to […]
Saudi narrates his custody battle with American ex-wife
SULTAN AL-SUGHAIR Published — Sunday 27 March 2016 ALKHOBAR: When a Middle Eastern man falls in love with an American woman, not only do their cultures clash, but they also embark on a whirlwind adventure that spans continents and countries. If their relationship ultimately fails, a custody battle over the […]
Islamic State driven out of Syria’s ancient Palmyra city
Reuters International MAR 27, 2016 – SWISSINFO.CH By Dominic Evans BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces recaptured Palmyra on Sunday, state media and a monitoring group said, inflicting a significant defeat on the Islamic State group which seized the city last year and dynamited its ancient temples. Syrian television quoted […]