Abbas rejects ‘biased’ US as sole Mideast mediator
By AFP – Sep 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians wave Palestinian flags and photo of President Mahmoud Abbas during a demonstration in a square in the West Bank city of […]
One-state solution a disaster to region, including Israel — King of Jordan
His Majesty outlines key regional concerns in Fox News interview Sep 28,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah speaks to Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview the network […]
Is the fascinating West Bank home of Munib Musri a shrine – or a gift to a Palestinian state that may never exist?
Musri has himself turned down the presidency of Palestine, although he has been both a Palestinian and Jordanian minister. So what does he believe the future of the Arab world […]
Here’s what I found out when I spent the day with Israel’s most controversial journalist, Gideon Levy
Journalism and Israel can be combined in the Levy story. His love-hate relationship with the one can get mixed up with his horror of the path down which his country is […]
Trump says he wants two-state solution for Mideast conflict
Reuters International THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a bilateral meeting during the 73rd session of […]
The real reasons behind Washington’s war on UNRWA
Sep 25,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD The US government’s decision to slash funds provided to the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, is part of a new American-Israeli […]
Two-state solution remains the only answer to Middle East conflict — King of Jordan
By JT – Sep 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — […]
Every time we witness genocide we say ‘never again’ – but human nature tells us something different
Holocaust expert Israel Charny’s new book makes uncomfortable reading, as he asks us to examine ‘a truth we haven’t faced fully enough’ Robert Fisk in Jerusalem @indyvoices The Independent Voices […]
‘Preventing Palestine’: A must read history of failed peacemaking
Sep 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Seth Anziska’s “Preventing Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo” is a deeply insightful and profoundly disturbing book that […]
America’s Jews are watching Israel in horror
Source: Washington Post By Dana Milbank My rabbi, Danny Zemel, comes from Zionist royalty: His grandfather, Rabbi Solomon Goldman, led the Zionist Organization of America in the late 1930s, and […]
Abbas never said ‘no’ to my plan says Israel’s former PM Olmert
By AFP – Sep 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES French President Emmanuel Macron (centre right) welcomes Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on […]
Palestinian official says US will never present Middle East peace plan
By Reuters – Sep 16,2018 -JORDAN TIMES JERICHO, Occupied West Bank — The United States will not present its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace any time soon and is instead […]
King of Jordan meets representatives of international, US Jewish organisations
By JT – Sep 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania, meets with representatives of international and US Jewish organisations NEW YORK […]
After meeting Bedouins whose houses are being destroyed, I can’t see how a Palestinian state can ever happen
Robert Fisk, The Independent September 21, 2018 Abu Yussef Abu Dahuk is 60 years old. But of course he looks around 75 or 80, because he is a Bedouin […]
In Israel, a Conservative rabbi’s arrest reopens religious freedom debate
Source: Religion News Service By Yonat Shimron HAIFA, Israel (RNS) — Congregation Moriah, this city’s only Conservative synagogue, offers Arabic classes, as well as occasional lessons on the Quran and the […]
POLL: 89% OF ISRAELI JEWS DON’T SEE PEACE IN 5779
The poll found that the older people are, the more likely they are to back a two-state solution. BY GIL HOFFMAN SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 Share on facebook Share on twitter Amid reports that US President Donald Trump’s “ultimate deal” Middle East peace plan will be postponed until after midterm elections […]
I asked Israel’s only journalist in Palestine to show me something shocking – and this is what I saw
This is the old road from Ramallah to Jerusalem, lined with lost wealth and forgotten hopes and once-loved homes. They all now end, of course, at The Wall Robert Fisk in Bir […]
UK PM vows to defend Jews and Israel, in dig at Labour’s Corbyn
Source: Reuters EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Monday to protect British Jewish identity and Israel’s right to defend itself, in an attack on opposition leader Jeremy […]
A Blessed Yom Kippur to All Our Jewish Readers and What is the Muslim Times Doing for You
An Introduction To Yom Kippur, The Jewish Day Of Atonement Source: Huffington Post By HuffPost Religion Editors Dates, prayers, history and more. Yom Kippur begins on October 11 in 2016. Known as the Jewish […]
Israel to approve immigration for 1,000 Ethiopian Jews
Source: Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government announced Monday that it agreed to absorb 1,000 Ethiopian Jews — accepting just a fraction of the African country’s 8,000 remaining […]