King says supporting awqaf department a ‘personal priority’ By JT – Aug 16,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with representatives of the Jerusalem Awqaf Department, Jerusalemites […]
Aug 14,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby It is fascinating to watch some US senators tripping over themselves as they attempt to defend their support for or opposition to proposed legislation that would make it a federal crime to support the international campaign to Boycott, Divest, or Sanction (BDS) […]
Aug 15,2017 -JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah US President Trump is dispatching a new peace mission to the Middle East, news reports say. The team, led by Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, will also include US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and deputy national security adviser Dina […]
SAUDI ARABIA RODOLFO C. ESTIMO JR. | Published — Saturday 12 August 2017 Hundreds ofworshipperslisten toa Fridaysermon atthe GrandMosque inMakkah.(SPA) RIYADH: Preparations are complete for the arrival of 1,000 relatives of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to perform this year’s Hajj as guests of King Salman. Abdullah Al-Madalj, secretary-general of […]
Aug 08,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The visit of His Majesty King Abdullah to Ramallah, the temporary seat of the Palestinian Authority, two days ago, is by no means an ordinary step. Coming at this critical moment, the visit sends a very important message of support to all […]
Jul 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The UN Security Council is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on the fast-deteriorating situation in East Jerusalem as a result of Israel’s grave violations of the legal and historical status of the holy places there, especially of Al Aqsa Mosque. The site has been the […]
Palestinian president says he is freezing relations with Israel By Reuters – Jul 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians gather to perform Friday prayer at Ras El Amud neighbourhood after Israel restricted entrance of Palestinians under 50 years old to Al Aqsa Mosque Compound and assembled metal detector gates in […]
Source: Associated Press By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) — Escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the Holy Land’s most contested shrine boiled over into violence on Friday that killed […]
Reuters International JULY 21, 2017 Palestinians react following tear gas that was shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem’s Old city July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (reuters_tickers) JERUSALEM (Reuters) – When Muslim elders called for a “Day of Rage” on Friday to protest […]
Islamic leaders call for mass protests in response to the new security measures Agency Israeli police have banned Muslim men under the age of 50 from al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The ban comes ahead of feared mass protests over the installation of metal detectors aimed at increasing security at the site. Muslim […]
EGYPTIAN STREETS JULY 20, 2017 Archive photo of Israeli police forces in the old city of Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ammar Awad Clashes between Palestinians and Israeli Forces have been ongoing in Jerusalem since last Friday. The dispute started after the Israeli Forces had set metal detectors at entrances of Haram Al-Sharif, also known […]
By Reuters – Jul 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinians perform prayer near new metal detectors, outside one of the main entrances to Al Aqsa Mosque, refusing to enter because of the detectors installed by Israel, as the holy site reopened for the first time on Sunday since a two-day […]
By JT – Jul 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Heads of churches in Jerusalem on Thursday warned against any changes to the historical status quo in Jerusalem as the city continues to witness tensions. In a statement, a copy of which was e-mailed to The Jordan Times, an […]
FRENCH PRESS AGENCY – AFP JERUSALEM Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian man outside the Lion’s Gate, following an appeal from clerics to pray in the streets instead of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is debating […]
Jul 19,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Last Friday, there was an attack in Jerusalem. Three Israeli Palestinian young men opened fire on Israeli forces near Bab Al Asbat, the gate in the Jerusalem Old City wall that leads to Al Haram Al Sharif. Two Israeli officers were killed, […]
The ranges are offering tourists the chance to behave like IDF fighters The two-hour sessions include a simulated suicide bomber and a live attack dog situation JULIA BUCKLEY Caliber 3, which is based in the West Bank and run by a former member of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), […]
Jul 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel’s recent closure of Al Aqsa Mosque signaled a dangerous development in Tel Aviv’s encroachment upon the holy site. The occupation authorities readily seized […]
Jul 17,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Over a week ago, a pro-Israel media monitoring group accused me of making “an unsubstantiated charge that Israel supporters are responsible” for discrimination, hate crimes, and the political exclusion of Arab Americans. Because this issue is so important to Arab Americans and […]
Reuters International JULY 15, 2017 FILE PHOTO – An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock (R) on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary […]
Jul 15,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hazem Nusseibeh In my memoirs “Jerusalemites… a Living Memory”, I made reference to Talbiya quarter in West Jerusalem, which in the 1930s and 1940s of the last century, was the most fashionable Christian Arab quarter, outside the Old City, along with Qatamon and upper and […]