Nikki Haley living in another world
Feb 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a strong intervention regarding what Palestinians want, and the genuine desire for peace through negotiations. In his […]
Abbas calls for Mideast peace conference in rare UN speech
By AFP – Feb 21,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council at UN headquarters in New York, the US, […]
There goes the ultimate deal
Feb 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – By Hasan Abu Nimah For US President Donald Trump to say that the Palestinians “are not looking to make peace” is not unusual. The […]
Study: At least 78% of aid intended for the Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers
Author: Jonathan Cook. March 8, 2016 (well, nothing has changed much since then)… Diplomats may have a reputation for greyness, obfuscation, even hypocrisy, but few have found themselves compared to a serial […]
Can Israel go to war against Iran?
EMRE GÖNEN For the first time in a long while, Israel cannot count on clear backing from the U.S., because of the very hesitant and sometimes criminally unintelligible U.S. […]
Israel announces ‘historic’ gas contract with Egypt
Contract valued at around $15b By AFP – Feb 19,2018 – JORDAN TIMES OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel has struck an “historic” contract for sales of billions of dollars’ worth of […]
Israel loves walls
Feb 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel loves walls. Last week, it began constructing a concrete slab wall along the ceasefire line with Lebanon, […]
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Israel boycott campaign for Nobel Peace Prize
Moxnes calls for all partners to join ranks in support campaign By Jassar Al Tahat – Feb 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES In this file photo, activists march […]
Israel’s war on Palestinians is a war on facts
Ray Hanania | Published — Wednesday 14 February 2018 To the world, Ahmad Jarrar was a “terrorist” who murdered “innocent” Israeli Rabbi Raziel Shevach near his settlement outside of Nablus […]
Ahmadi Muslims Are Among the Persecuted Mideast Minorities Given Religious Freedom in Israel
by Eliana Rudee / JNS.org A view of Jerusalem. Photo: Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons. JNS.org – As a small Islamic sect of an estimated 20 million people — about one percent of the […]
Ayelet Shaked: Israel must safeguard Jewish majority
Source: Al Jazeerah Shaked said Israel must maintain a Jewish majority ‘at the price’ of rights violations [Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP] Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the […]
A prelude to wider conflict
Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL With downing of an Israeli warplane on Saturday by Syrian air defences, followed by more Israeli strikes at Syrian and Iranian military targets in Syria, the stage could be set for further escalation of tensions between Israel and Syria that could extend to Iranian military presence […]
King, Bishop Azar discuss Israel’s new taxes on Jerusalem churches
His Majesty says Jordan to keep defending status quo of holy city By JT – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with Bishop of the Evangelical […]
Astronomy in Medieval Jerusalem
By: David A King There can be no comparison with the established sophisticated astronomical traditions in Mamlûk Cairo and Damascus and Aleppo, with substantial numbers of capable astronomers, […]
A Secret History of Israeli Assassinations
In the Magazine SpyTalk A Secret History of Israeli Assassinations By Jeff Stein On 2/2/18 An Israeli air force drone is seen flying over Gaza as seen from the northern Gaza strip border April 9, 2011. Reuters/Darren Whiteside Share SpyTalk Israel Mossad Modern espionage literature is rife with authors […]
Trump tells Israel peace means compromise; US envoy under fire
By Reuters – Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian demonstrators take cover during confrontations with Israeli troops near the Jewish settlement of Beit El, in the occupied West Bank on Friday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday that it too would need to […]
Israel’s diabolic plan for Palestine
Feb 10,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Walid M. Sadi I suspect that while the international community is seemingly working in earnest for the two-state solution for the Palestinian conflict as the only just and sustainable solution for the Palestinian crisis, Israel’s planners could be contemplating another formula that would allow […]
Lebanon signs offshore drilling deal with 3 oil firms despite dispute with Israel
COMPILED FROM WIRE SERVICES ISTANBUL Lebanese President Michel Aoun, center, speaks during the signing ceremony with an international consortium to start exploratory offshore drilling for oil and gas in […]
Israel agrees to open graves in search for ‘stolen babies’
Families allege thousands of Yemeni Jewish children were abducted after state’s founding Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem Children were allegedly stolen and given to Jewish families of western origin in Israel […]
Israel is betraying its history by expelling African asylum-seekers
By Gershom Gorenberg January 29 African migrants demonstrated outside the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel on Jan. 22. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images) “I don’t have a […]