Saudi women file petition to end male guardianship system
Source: BBC A petition signed by more than 14,000 Saudi women calling for an end to the country’s male guardianship system is being handed to the government. Women must have […]
Jordanian writer shot dead outside court before trial over cartoon
Source: RNS By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN, Jordan (Reuters) — A gunman shot dead Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges […]
Syria conflict: US and UK rhetoric ‘unacceptable’ – Russia
Source: BBC Russia has criticised the US and UK for using “unacceptable” tone and rhetoric in speeches on Syria at the UN, after being accused of “barbarism”. On Sunday, US […]
Sad legacy
Sep 24,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – EDITORIAL US President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, having reached close to the end of his last term in the White House. Obama seemed to blame everybody for the growing malaise in world and regional affairs except himself, as […]
Quartet warns that Israeli settlements eroding two-state solution
By Reuters – Sep 24,2016 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Malek Al Qadi, 20, who recently ended a 69-day hunger strike to protest his administrative detention by Israel, flashes victory signs after his release from an Israeli prison as he arrived for treatment in a hospital in the city of […]
Unity gives Jerusalem a prayer: Jews, Muslims and Christians join for worship
Source: The Guardian By Hannah Ellis-Peterson Eight religious leaders brought their congregations together for eight days in one room. It was a dangerous move In a small building in the […]
Dramatic Footage Shows Syrian Girl’s Rescue From Rubble
Source: Time Dramatic footage of a young Syrian girl’s rescue from the rubble following an airstrike emerged on Friday, the latest in a string of videos highlighting the human toll of war on civilians in the rebel-held areas of Aleppo. The video obtained by Sky News shows men, including rescuers […]
Israeli Chief Rabbinate nixes 4 conversions approved by top US Orthodox rabbi
Source: JTA (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate of Israel rejected four conversions approved by a prominent Orthodox American rabbi without providing explanations. The haredi Orthodox-dominated rabbinate rejected the conversions approved by Rabbi Gedalia […]
Signs of panic and rebellion in the heart of Islamic State’s self-proclaimed caliphate
Source: The Washington Post By Loveday Morris and Mustafa Salim BAGHDAD — The graffiti that appeared on a wall near the mosque in Mosul where the Islamic State leader declared […]
The Russians are coming… to Israel and Palestine
Sep 22,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – JONATHAN POWER Russia recently announced that it has decided to go where angels fear to tread: into the whirlpool of negotiations between Palestine and Israel. Long a preserve of the Americans and the French, the attempt to bring peace between the two and to […]
Trump’s Israel ground game
Source: Politico By KATIE GLUECK There’s one state where Donald Trump’s ground game appears to be a model of efficiency, rather than a ramshackle operation lacking organizers and field offices: […]
UC Berkeley reinstates controversial course on history of Palestine
Source: Los Angeles Times By Teresa Watanabe UC Berkeley senior Paul Hadweh designed a course on the history of Palestine in order to spark discussion about his family’s homeland under Israeli occupation. “I wanted to create a space where we can read, think and speak critically about the question of Palestine,” Hadweh said. But the […]
Syrian Military Says U.S.-Led Coalition Struck Its Base
Source: Time By Sarah el Deeb A Russian Defense Ministry official said Syria has informed them that 62 of its soldiers were killed in the airstrike (BEIRUT) — The U.S. military […]
Jewish agencies condemn church groups’ resolution on Israel
Source: RNS By Kirkland An (RNS) Two major Jewish advocacy groups denounced as one-sided and unfair a resolution by the World Council of Churches and the National Council of Churches urging Israel to withdraw from territories it occupies. The American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League characterized the resolution as […]
Mohammad Javad Zarif: Let Us Rid the World of Wahhabism
Source: The New York Times BY MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, FOREIGN MINISTER OF IRAN Tehran — Public relations firms with no qualms about taking tainted petrodollars are experiencing a bonanza. Their latest […]
Benjamin Netanyahu Draws Fire After Saying Palestinians Support ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Source: The New York Times By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM — In the absence of any prospect of peace with thePalestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has started a video war. His latest, and so far the most provocative, two-minute video in a recent series is titled “No Jews.” In […]
How Muslim sectarianism affects politics and vice-versa
Source: The Economist SAUDI ARABIA’S most senior cleric has bluntly said that that Iranian Shias are not Muslim at all. The kingdom’s grand mufti, Abdul Aziz Al Sheikh, was responding […]
At Mount Arafat, Water Fights and Prayers — for Peace and, Yes, for a Husband
Postcards From the Hajj Our correspondent Diaa Hadid is one of millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca A mountain of water bottles The pilgrims’ chants of “Here I […]
How the burkini debate boosted sales of modest swimwear in Israel
Source: The Washington Post By Ruth Eglash September 11 at 6:00 PM HOD HASHARON, Israel — One of the most jarring images of the summer was of French police demanding […]
Syria cease-fire enters into effect
Source: Associated Press By PHILIP ISSA and BASSEM MROUE In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad,… Read more BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S.-Russian brokered cease-fire for Syria came into effect on Monday at sunset, with monitoring groups and state media reporting clashes […]