Equating between the Israeli perpetrator and the Palestinian victim
Jul 19,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud “We regret we failed to protect you.” This was part of a statement issued by United Nations human rights experts on July […]
The ‘new wars’ of the Middle East
BY FERHAT TUTKAL FEB 08, 2022 – DAILY SABAH Illustration by Shutterstock. Rapid globalization since the 1980s has changed the main components of conflicts. This new way of war can […]
UN failing to protect Palestinian children
RAMZY BAROUD July 18, 2022 Short Url A UN statement released last week, which urged the Israeli government to release Palestinian prisoner Ahmad Manasra, included the words: “We regret we […]
Reckless water use, climate change effects accelerate path to thirsty future
Jul 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES Washing cars with a hose rather than a bucket has become a common practice in some areas of Amman, wasting large quantities of a much-need […]
Revealed: ‘Worrying and outdated’ stereotypes color Western perceptions of the Arab world
SPECIAL An important new survey highlights the gulf between Western perceptions of the the Arab world and the reality of the region. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/5wquu Updated 18 sec ago […]
Jalsa Salana Kababir, Haifa starts with first day for Hebrew-speaking guests
15th July 2022 Imaduddin Al-Masri, Missionary, Kababir The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Kababir is holding its annual Jalsa Salana this year which started yesterday on 14 July 2022. The Jalsa is […]
Jeddah summit reaffirms Hashemite Custodianship over Jerusalem holy sites
By JT – Jul 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, takes part in the Jeddah Security and Development Summit on Saturday (Photos courtesy of […]
Worsening Chaos: Israel’s Political Instability Is Now the Norm
(L to R) Israel’s Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman, former prime minister Naftali Bennett and caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, attend the first cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 3, 2022, days after lawmakers dissolved parliament. (Photo: GIL COHEN-MAGEN/AFP via Getty Images) What Israelis refuse to face is the fact that […]
Israel’s predatory policy in East Jerusalem
Jul 13,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The European Union’s delayed resumption of funding to two pre-eminent Palestinian human rights organisations a year after suspending support has been welcomed […]
America and the Middle East
HAFED AL-GHWELL June 18, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/mzpsu For more than half a century, US engagement across the Arab region, and the wider world, has been premised on “preventive diplomacy,” […]
The UK’s Middle East migrant shame
CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS June 18, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/25zhw The British government’s plans to deport people seeking asylum in the country to Rwanda has been widely criticized at home and abroad. […]
Arab League chief: Palestinian cause is key to peace … there is no future for any plan that ignores it
Secretary-General of the League of Arab States Ahmed Aboul Gheit has said that a solution to the Palestinian issue is the only key to establishing peace. (AFP/File Photo) Short Url […]
Israeli troops kill several Palestinians in occupied West Bank
42 MINUTES AGO Soldiers target a car in northern refugee town of Jenin, killing three passengers and wounding eight others, Palestinian media report, sparking angry protests. Israeli troops have shot […]
What do Saudis want from Biden’s visit?
FAISAL J. ABBAS June 16, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/2cm7h So the wheels are finally in motion! After nearly a year and a half when the Saudi-US relationship reached what could […]
A time to heal, not to hate
Jun 16,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / UN Human Rights Regional Office If the pandemic has taught us anything, it should be that humanity is fragile and life is precious. For […]
Countries at risk of extremely high water stress
The UN is making a grim prediction that at least 700M people could be displaced due to intense water scarcity by 2030 at a time when the climate crisis is […]
Forty years on, Sabra and Shatila massacre remain public relations disaster for Israel
Jun 15,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen Between September 14 and 16 40 years ago, fighters from the Phalange, Lebanese Forces militia and Saad Haddad’s Israeli-surrogate South Lebanon Army […]
Unintended regional consequences of the Ukraine war
DR. ABDEL AZIZ ALUWAISHEG June 15, 2022 Short Url The geopolitical shifts caused by the war in Ukraine have been unexpectedly dramatic and certainly unintended. The new cold war between […]
Iraq is quickly becoming the land of no rivers
OSAMA AL-SHARIF June 14, 2022 Short Url While the various Iraqi parties continue to bicker over their respective share of the country’s next government months after the October parliamentary elections […]
Israelis are prophesying the end of their state
Jun 14,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud While it is true that Zionism is a modern political ideology that has exploited religion to achieve specific colonial objectives in Palestine, […]