The divide over the Bahrain conference
Jun 15,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi The ongoing debate about whether to attend the Bahrain conference on the economic development of the Palestinians and their territories reminds me […]
Tremors across Jordan as Trump Mideast peace plan revives old fears
Jun 14, 2019 By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jordan’s King Abdullah reacts angrily to any suggestion that he might accept a U.S. deal to end the Arab-Israeli conflict […]
India votes in favour of Israel against Palestinian NGO in UN
The decision was adopted by a recorded vote of 28 in favour to 15 against, with five abstentions. Countries voting in favour of the decision were Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, […]
Egypt, Morocco, Jordan to attend Bahrain workshop on Palestine investment
Arab News June 11, 2019 Egypt and Jordan’s participation is considered especially important Palestinian leaders have threatened to boycott the conference LONDON: Egypt, Morocco and Jordan have informed the US […]
US ‘Deal of the Century’ will not fool anyone
Yossi Mekelberg June 11, 2019 Let us begin at the conclusion: No one should be fooled that a Trump peace plan, or a “Deal of the Century,” as the US […]
Rehashing old ideas will not get Palestinians, Israelis closer to solution
Jun 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI The recent visit of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his accompanying delegation to Jordan and Israel was some sort […]
U.S. envoy, in interview, does not rule out Israeli annexation in West Bank
Jun 8, 2019 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The U.S. ambassador to Israel did not rule out an Israeli move to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, land that the Palestinians […]
Facing the facts: Israel cannot escape ICC jurisdiction
Jun 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Chief Military Advocate General of the Israeli military Sharon Afek and the US Department of Defence General Counsel Paul Ney shared a platform […]
New Israeli election highlights tense ties to ultra-Orthodox
Source: Associated Press BY ARON HELLER JERUSALEM (AP) — The trigger for Israel’s unprecedented repeat election touches upon one of the major fault lines in Israeli society — the role […]
Why the US ‘workshop’ for Palestinians will fail
Jun 04,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Twenty-five years ago, I moderated a discussion on the Palestinian economy at the international economic summit in Casablanca, Morocco. I was […]
King of Jordan tells Palestinians ‘we stand with you’, Jordan’s position ‘will not change’
Jerusalem awqaf, church councils, Jerusalemites and Arab Israelis stress commitment to Hashemite Custodianship By JT – Jun 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday reaffirmed […]
Ultra-nationalist Jews’ visit stokes Palestinian anger at Jerusalem holy site
Jun 2, 2019 – 14:17 JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hundreds of ultra-nationalist Jews guarded by riot police streamed their way into the Jerusalem compound revered both in Judaism and Islam […]
Jared Kushner expresses doubt that Palestinians can self-govern
White House senior adviser says he hopes Palestinians will become ‘capable of governing’ and denies Trump is racist in rare interview Guardian staff and agencies Mon 3 Jun 2019 White […]
Aligning positions, efforts most needed to attain Palestinians’ rights — King of Jordan
‘Jordan to continue to bolster steadfastness of Jerusalemites, counter attempts to impose new reality on the ground’ By JT – Jun 02,2019 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah heads Jordan’s delegation to the 14th Session of the Ordinary Islamic Summit Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca on […]
In Jerusalem, thousands pray at Al-Aqsa on last Friday of Ramadan
May 31, 2019 – 17:05 By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Muslims attended prayers at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem amid tight security on the last […]
In Israel, 53 mosques and churches vandalized since 2009, only 9 indictments filed
Source: Haaretz Over 50 Christian and Muslim sites have been vandalized in Israel and the West Bank since 2009, but only nine indictments have been filed and only seven convictions […]
Israel to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians
Calls for Israeli authorities to rebuild West Bank structures confiscated by military Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Fri 31 May 2019 Israel’s defence ministry plans to hold an auction next week […]
Jordan’s king tells Trump adviser peace can only come with a Palestinian state
Arab News May 29, 2019 Jordan stands by a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict This exposed a rift with the US as the Trump administration tries to rally […]
Noam Chomsky: Israel’s interference in US politics greater than Russia
August 22, 2018 at 1:15 pm | Published in: Asia & Americas, Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine, Russia, US August 22, 2018 Israeli interference in US politics “overwhelms anything” […]
‘Israeli Mossad Agents Posed as CIA Spies to Recruit Terrorists to Fight Against Iran’
Foreign Policy magazine cites CIA memos from 2007-2008 that the Mossad recruited members of Jundallah terror group to fight against Tehran; U.S. was reportedly furious with Israel and moved to […]
