AFP By Laurent Lozano August 13, 2015 9:00 AM Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday announced a major deal between his government and a consortium including US firm Noble Energy on natural gas production in the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement is aimed at ending months of […]
A Palestinian author on his roots in Gaza Ahmed Masoud talks about the Israeli assault of 2014 and how it has scarred not just him and his family, but also an entire region Image Credit: Syed Hamad Ali Going back in time For his book Vanished, Ahmed Masoud drew upon […]
By AFP – Aug 13,2015 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian bedouin checks a torched tent in Ein Samiya, a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday after a reported attack by Jewish extremists during which they also sprayed graffiti in Hebrew reading, ‘administrative revenge’ (AFP photo) EIN SAMIYA, […]
Haaretz: The Vatican’s Custody of the Holy Land demanded the attorney general and state prosecutor charge the leader of the far-right Israeli group Lehava, Benzi Gopstein, with incitement for calling for churches in Israel to […]
Source: Haaretz In response to Elie Wiesel advertisement comparing Hamas to Nazis, 327 Jewish Holocaust survivors and descendants publish New York Times ad accusing Israel of ‘ongoing massacre of the […]
Aug 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh For decades we have been referring to Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories, which it conquered by brute force, as “occupation”. At this point in time, it is becoming crystal clear that Israel’s unwanted presence in the said territories is colonisation. There […]
Aug 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMA The latest settler crime against a Palestinian family in the village of Duma near Nablus, is neither quantitatively nor qualitatively rare. Jewish settler extremists have been routinely committing crimes against the Palestinians, indiscriminately and with similar callousness and brutality. Over […]
Source: Yahoo News Jerusalem (AFP) – Police have opened an investigation into online threats against Israel’s president following his condemnation of “Jewish terrorism” after a firebombing killed a Palestinian child, […]
By AFP – Jul 30,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians from the Jalazoun refugee camp hold their national flag as they watch at bulldozers demolishing the so-called Dreinoff buildings under an Israeli high court ruling in the settlement of Beit El, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday […]
Jul 31,2015 – JORDAN TIMES RAMI G. KHOURI Events related to the Iran nuclear technology/sanctions agreement, the war in Yemen, and the battle against Daesh tend to dominate the headlines from the Middle East these days, but behind the scenes significant developments related to the Arab-Israeli conflict continue to take […]
ATROCITY: Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian woman during clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in old city of Jerusalem. (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE ARABNEWS.COM Published — Tuesday 28 July 2015 CAIRO: Arab League foreign ministers will meet in Cairo early next month to discuss clashes involving […]
Source: RT.com Israeli police have deployed stun grenades to disperse rock-throwing Palestinian protesters, who were trying to prevent Jews from praying on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on one of their most […]
Jerusalem Post: Community, Haroun Yashayaei, has harshly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an article appearing in a major Iranian newspaper. The piece was published soon after the nuclear deal was struck with world powers last week. “There is no doubt that the Israeli prime minister is so narcissistic that none […]
Jul 16,2015 – Jordan Times by Daoud Kuttab The Palestinian Israeli conflict might get an unexpected shot in the arm as a result of the recently concluded Iran nuclear agreement. While the P5+1 talks in Vienna focused only on the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability, many are looking at […]
Obama hailed a ‘more hopeful world… an opportunity to move in another direction’ Source: The Independent By Robert Fisk However much Bibi Netanyahu of Israel and the Gulf sultans rage […]
By JORDAN TIMES – Jul 14,2015 – AMMAN — The Cabinet on Tuesday reviewed the outcomes of the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Bonn, Germany, between June 28 and July 8, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. During the UNESCO’s session, the committee adopted a draft […]
FATAH Iran deal victory for peace 67 BY TAREK FATAH, TORONTO SUN FIRST POSTED: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 06:29 PM EDT | UPDATED: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 06:36 PM EDT Iranians celebrate on the streets following a nuclear deal with major powers, in Tehran July 14, 2015. Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a […]
By AFP – Jul 09,2015 – JORDAN TIMES GAZA CITY — Israel and Palestinians marked one year since last summer’s war in Gaza on Wednesday, with a UN official calling […]
One-a-Day Commandment of the Holy Quran – 519. Commandment – Study of the Universe is like seeking of His bounty 519. Commandment – Study of the Universe is like seeking of His bounty [30:23] And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity […]
Palestinians protest one year after teenager burnt to death By AFP – Jul 02,2015 – Jordan Times The father and mother of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir pray at his grave as they mark one year anniversary since his killing by Israelis who burned him alive in revenge for the murder […]