Religious diplomacy to contain risks of religious war
Apr 09,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Escalation at the holy sites in Jerusalem have been feared during the month of Ramadan, and all efforts to prevent any […]
Al Aqsa Mosque: Why is it so special in Islam?
Israeli troops have attacked Al Aqsa, the third holiest site for Muslims, during several Ramadans. Here is what makes the place so significant within the Islamic faith. Al Aqsa, which […]
Warnings of Israeli attacks on Al-Aqsa were ignored. Why?
DAOUD KUTTAB April 05, 2023 It was all expected. The brutal Israeli attacks during Ramadan, and especially Tuesday night, on worshippers in Islam’s third-holiest mosque came as no surprise. Everyone […]
Violence resumes at Jerusalem holy site for second night
Previous 1 / 3 Israeli border policemen take position near Al-Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, while tension arise during clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Old City […]
Mount of Olives becomes latest target in fight for control of Jerusalem
The Mount of Olives’ summit has served as a pilgrimage destination for Christians, Muslims and Jews for millennia. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian Israeli settler movement is making life harder for […]
Zionist project has always been colonisation and exclusion of indigenous Palestinians
Mar 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The escalating violence in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank has been inevitable for a long time. The century-old Zionist project […]
Aqaba meeting was much ado about nothing
OSAMA AL-SHARIF February 28, 2023 Sunday’s Aqaba security meeting, which brought together Palestinian and Israeli officials in a rare publicized event, attracted much media attention — but not all of […]
Real journalism asks tough questions
Feb 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Too often both the Israeli and Arab press fail miserably in reporting on violent acts in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Aspects of […]
Jerusalem Christians say they feel growing harassment
By Ammar Awad [1/5] A statue of Jesus which was, according to church authorities, vandalized by a Jewish radical who was later detained, is seen in the Church of the Flagellation, in […]
International law and accountability lacking when it comes to Israel
CHRIS DOYLE February 13, 2023 A hundred days after the Nov. 1 election in Israel that led to the formation of the most far-right extremist coalition in the country’s history, […]
Fears for remains of Jerusalem’s lost Mughrabi quarter
‘Israeli authorities use excavations for the Judaisation of the Old City’ By AFP – Feb 12,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Israeli occupation forces gather on a rooftop near t the Dome of the […]
Muslims offer absentee prayers for Türkiye, Syria quake victims
What would you like to learn more about? Topics Related Popular Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in mosques on Friday to perform absentie prayers for earthquake victims across the […]
Why are Palestinians shunning the protests against judicial reforms?
YOSSI MEKELBERG February 11, 2023 Something that at first glance might seem paradoxical is happening in the current protests against the new Israeli government’s plans for its so-called reform (or […]
There’s no cycle of violence in Jerusalem – only Israel’s lethal oppression of my people
OpinionPalestinian territories Jalal Abukhater From house demolitions to military detention, the violence we Palestinians face daily reflects the power imbalance of occupier and occupied Tue 7 Feb 2023 Almost every […]
Apartheid policies push Israel to point of no return
BARIA ALAMUDDIN February 06, 2023 Palestine is at boiling point. It is only early February but Israeli gunfire has already killed 35 Palestinians this year, nine of them in a […]
In latest visit Blinken offers nothing to Palestinians
The Biden administration is concerned about Israel’s far-right government only as much as it impedes U.S. foreign policy. When it comes to the Palestinians, the U.S. simply doesn’t care. BY MITCHELL […]
King, President Biden discuss cooperation to enhance regional stability, ensure de-escalation in Palestinian Territories
His Majesty stresses need to cease Israeli measures that undermine two-state solution By JT – Feb 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah and US President Joe Biden, during a meeting […]
Israel must ask itself some difficult questions before engaging with Palestinians
DR. DANIA KOLEILAT KHATIB January 31, 2023 Following the attack that killed seven Israelis in a settlement in East Jerusalem last week, Gideon Levy stated in an opinion piece in […]
Al-Aqsa Mosque: How Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu can regain Jordan’s trust
DAOUD KUTTAB January 26, 2023 After being shunned for years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was this week given a chance to visit and meet Jordan’s King Abdullah II. Senior […]
Jordan stresses importance of respecting status quo in Al-Aqsa Mosque during Netanyahu meeting
A Palestinian man walks toward the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. (File/AFP) ARAB NEWS January 24, 2023 AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah […]