Playing politics with the dead
Mar 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has now extended its oppression of the Palestinians to their dead, when the Israeli Knesset adopted a draconian legislation that won 48 votes […]
America shuts the schoolhouse door on refugees
Mar 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – GORDON BROWN LONDON — No international institution has done as much for children’s schooling on the ground for as long as the United Nations […]
Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel
Source: Associated Press By TIA GOLDENBERG TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised […]
Israel passes law to strip residency of Jerusalem’s Palestinians
Palestinians slam new ‘breach of loyalty’ legislation as ‘extremely racist’ and a violation of international law. 7 Mar 2018 Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri will now have the power to […]
The future of Israel’s ‘dreamers’
Source: The Washington Post Story by Loveday Morris Photos by Corinna Kern Alam Godin fled to Israel as a boy, escaping war in Sudan more than a decade ago with his family. […]
Facing inevitable dead end
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah If what was published last Monday on the electronic Arabic daily, “Rai Al Youm,” about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas […]
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopens after spat
Source: Associated Press By NEBI QENA JERUSALEM (AP) — The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem reopened early on Wednesday after Israeli officials suspended a plan to impose taxes […]
Prince William to visit Palestinian Territories, Israel this summer
AFP | Published — Thursday 1 March 2018 LONDON: Prince William will be the first senior British royal to make an official visit to the Palestinian Territories and Israel, […]
Trump and Netanyahu — ‘birds of a feather’ getting together
Feb 28,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s December 6th decision to shift the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his announcement last week that the ambassador […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
(old news, but still …): Clinton: Destroy Syria for Israel
March 22, 2016 A newly-released Hilary Clinton email confirmed that the Obama administration has deliberately provoked the civil war in Syria as the “best way to help Israel.” In an […]
Sacred Jerusalem church shuttered in dispute with Israeli authorities
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash February 25 Email the author JERUSALEM — The doors of Jerusalem’s sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre were shuttered Sunday by Christian leaders in the Holy Land amid a […]
Tens of Thousands Attend Funeral of Radical ultra-Orthodox Rabbi in Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz By Aaron Rabinowitz The question of a successor to Auerbach, who died in Jerusalem at the age of 86 on Saturday, may be answered with the convening of a […]
Hard-Line Supporter of Israel Offers to Pay for U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem
Source: The New York Times By GARDINER HARRIS and ISABEL KERSHNER WASHINGTON — Sheldon G. Adelson, one of the most hawkish supporters of Israel among American Jews, has offered to help fund the construction […]
Jordan condemns Israeli occupation’s heavy taxes on churches
Christian leaders close iconic church in protest of measure, related bills By JT – Feb 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III delivers a statement […]
Jerusalem Church Where Jesus Is Said to be Buried Closed After Tax Dispute With Israeli Government
Source: Newsweeklar By Tom Porter Christian leaders have closed the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, said to be built on the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, in a […]
Armed man detained ahead of Israel rally in support of migrants
Hundreds of asylum-seekers at detention centre in southern Israel launch an open-ended hunger strike By AFP – Feb 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES African migrants hold signs reading in Hebrew […]
BLOWBACK: HOW ISRAEL WENT FROM HELPING CREATE HAMAS TO BOMBING IT
That it’s sworn to destroy Israel? That it’s a terrorist group, proscribed both by the United States and the European Union? That it rules Gaza with an iron fist? That […]
‘Riyadh working with Trump to push peace process’
By AA – Feb 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir on Thursday said his country was working with the administration of US President […]
US envoy visits Beirut, mediating in Lebanon-Israel dispute Lebanon signs its first offshore energy exp
Lebanon signs its first offshore energy exploration agreements for block containing waters claimed by Israel By Reuters – Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES BEIRUT — A senior US diplomat met Lebanese officials on Wednesday in Beirut as part of a US shuttle diplomacy effort to resolve tensions between Israel and […]