Apr 13,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab It has been proven true over the years that victors write the history. Nowhere is this fact more obvious than in Jerusalem, where Israelis are trying unsuccessfully to rewrite centuries-old history. By changing facts on the ground the Israelis are desperately trying to […]
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 […]
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. […]
Apr 07,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI The New York Times is not only considered the leading newspaper in the United States, it is also something of a bellwether of intellectual and political trends in the country. So it was noteworthy that the newspaper’s Monday opinion page feature […]
Source: The New York Times By DIAA HADID JERUSALEM — It was a typical day at the shrine around what many believe is the tomb of Jesus in Jerusalem’s Old […]
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 […]
Source: The New York Times By Lisa Goldman A contributing editor and co-founder of +972 Magazine, a Tel Aviv-based digital magazine. UPDATED APRIL 4, 2016, 3:20 AM Zionism is a political ideology. It is not a religion. But for Jewish-Americans, more so than ever for Jews in Israel, Zionism is a […]
Source: The New York Times When the University of California regents condemned “anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism,” supporters of Palestinian rights said the university was suppressing criticism of Israel. In New York, […]
Source: China Daily China is willing to encourage enterprises with due capacity to invest in Palestine, Vice-Premier Liu Yandong said in a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. Also, […]
Source: BBC Israel has reassigned its nominee for ambassador to Brazil, whose appointment Brasilia refused to accept, apparently because he is a former settler leader. Dani Dayan will now become […]
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 […]
Source: Jordan Times By James J. Zogby This past week, the Pew Research Centre released the results of a massive poll of Israeli public opinion — focusing on their attitude towards religion, identity, values and political issues facing their country. In the days that followed the release, a number of […]
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 […]
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 […]
By AP – Mar 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES UNITED NATIONS — The UN’s top Mideast envoy warned on Thursday that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is slipping through our fingers” as a result of Israel’s settlement building and confiscation of Palestinian land, and the lack of Palestinian unity. Nickolay […]
Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB The airlifting of a dozen-and-a-half Yemeni Jews to Israel last Monday received wide coverage. The action to evacuate 19 Yemenis to Israel is said to have included four stops and was done in cooperation with the US State Department. What happens to […]
Mar 23,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Front-runner Democratic candidate to the White House Hillary Clinton gave the world, in general, and the Arab countries, in particular, especially the Palestinian people, a hint at what her foreign policy would be if she were elected US president in November. Addressing the packed […]
Source: Pew Research Center Like a number of other ethnic groups in the Middle East, such as the Kurds, the Druze live in several different countries, separated by borders drawn […]
Mar 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL The minister of awqaf and Islamic affairs stressed on Sunday that 55 surveillance cameras will be installed in and around Al Haram Al Sharif compound, which houses Al Aqsa Mosque, in East Jerusalem, to record Israeli violations and excesses against the Islamic holy sites. […]
Mar 21,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby When the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) comes to town this week for its annual policy conference, high on the agenda of issues it will be pushing Congress to support are bills designed to “fight the boycott of Israel”. This campaign […]