Four year-old Ahmed Dawabsha receives a visit from his maternal grandmother, Fakira, at the Tel Hashomer hospital on December 5, 2015, in Ramat Gan near the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv, where he is being treated for burns after his family house was firebombed by Jewish extremists on July […]
By JT – Dec 17,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Jewish extremists, some bare footed, are seen in the vicinity of Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem earlier this week. The government […]
Source: The Washington Post JERUSALEM — Lynne Hybels is revered for her work helping the impoverished around the world, but some people view her as dangerous. Hybels, cofounder with her […]
Rosie Scammell | December 10, 2015 | 22 Comments VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has said that Catholics should witness to their faith but not undertake organized efforts to convert […]
By JT – Dec 12,2015 – JORDAN TIMES University of Jordan President Ekhleif Tarawneh speaks at a meeting organised by the Jerusalem Endowment Fund in Amman on Friday (Petra photo) AMMAN — Attendees of the Jerusalem Endowment Fund’s meeting held in Amman on Friday called for unifying efforts and […]
Dec 10,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh The Arab world, especially the Palestinians, ought to start thinking about a new interlocutor if they want a peace treaty with Israel. US administrations, whether run by Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, the likely winner of next year’s presidential election, are disappointingly […]
‘The State of Israel respects all religions and strictly guarantees the rights of all its citizens,’ Mr Netanyahu said Benjamin Netanyahu has joined a long list of international leaders to […]
Source: MSN.com By John Perry and Joseph Federman for Associated Press JERUSALEM — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry set off an uproar in Israel on Sunday after warning that […]
By AFP – Dec 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian protester holds a national flag during confrontations with Israeli forces along the border with Israel in the eastern suburbs of […]
Source: Jordan Times By Suzanna Goussous – Dec 02,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Abdelrahman Qasem speaks to activists and reporters in Amman on Wednesday (Photo by Suzanna Goussous) AMMAN — Farmer Abdelrahman Qasem has faced Israeli aggression on his land in Palestine for over 30 years, with settlers continually putting pressure […]
Dec 03,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – GEORGE S. HISHMEH All hopes were dashed last weekend when President Barrack Obama, who was in Paris at what has been described as one of the largest gatherings of world leaders in history to deal with the consequences of climate change, failed to highlight the […]
Created on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 12:01 | Published Date 3 New York – The UN demanded that Israel comply with the international legitimacy’s resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, particularly the Security Council resolution no. 497 of 1981 that declared Israel’s decision to impose its laws and jurisdiction on the […]
Dec 01,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Israeli commentators Yaron Friedman, of Ynet News, and Haviv Rettig Gur, of The Times of Israel, are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilisation and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to highlight what they […]
RAMZY BAROUD Published — Tuesday 1 December 2015 Israeli commentators, Yaron Friedman, of “Ynet News” and Haviv Rettig Gur, of the “Times of Israel” are clueless about the driving force behind the Palestinian mobilization and collective struggle. In two recent articles, and with unmistakable conceit, they attempted to […]
Source: BBC Two 17-year-old Israelis have been convicted of the murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khdair, abducted and burned to death in Jerusalem in 2014. A verdict on a […]
By Merza Noghai – Nov 27,2015 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Israeli authorities on Thursday sentenced Mohammad Suleiman to 15 years in prison and a fine of 30,000 Israeli shekels (about JD5,480), according to his father. The teenager, who was 16 years old when he was arrested in March 2013 […]
By Agencies – Nov 22,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli forces and civilians killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday. Israeli soldiers shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian girl who allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli. The teenager was shot after she was run over by a Jewish settler. […]
Sep 29,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Following is the full text of His Majesty King Abdullah’s speech at the 70th Plenary Session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday: In the name of God, most Compassionate, most Merciful, Mr President, Mr Secretary General, Your Excellencies: Thank you. It […]
By AFP – Nov 16,2015 – Palestinians carry the bodies of Ahmed Al Ayeh, 28, and Laith Manasra, 21, during their funeral in the Qalandia refugee camp on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, on Monday (AP photo) QALANDIYA, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces shot dead […]
Nov 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Everyone made nice when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to Washington last week. It was make up time. The administration sought to demonstrate that despite what the president referred to as their “minor difference” over the Iran deal, there were no remaining hard feelings. Three quarters […]