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 […]
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 […]
NEIL BERRY ARABNEWS.COM Published — Wednesday 15 July 2015 Every time that Israel has attacked Gaza since 2006, the Norwegian doctor, Mads Gilbert, has volunteered to treat wounded men, women […]
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 […]
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 […]
By AFP – Jul 05,2015 – Last updated at Jul 05,2015 Gaza City — In the ruins of what used to be his home, Gaza Strip resident Rabah Abu Shanab […]
Jul 04,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – Musa Keilani The new Palestinian government formed this week is facing a big challenge to reinstate the foundations of unity among the different strata of the Palestinian people, especially between Gaza and those in the West Bank. For the last eight years, a nascent […]
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 […]
By Reuters – Jun 27,2015 – Last updated at Jun 27,2015 VATICAN CITY — The Vatican signed its first treaty with Palestine on Friday, calling for “courageous decisions” to end […]
Gaza rebuilding moving at ‘snail’s pace’ By AP – Jun 25,2015 – JORDAN TIMES In this October 12, 2014 file photo, Palestinians walk between the rubble of a destroyed building in Shijaiyah neighbourhood of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip (AP photo) GAZA CITY — Gaza reconstruction is moving […]
By Reuters – Jun 20,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray outside the Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem during the first Friday prayer of the holy month of Ramadan (AFP photo) CAIRO — French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius warned Israel and the Palestinians […]
Jun 16,2015 – JORDAN TIMES UNRWA is struggling to avert a critical financial crisis that threatens the essential operations of the 60-year-old UN agency for Palestine refugees. At a recent briefing in Amman, UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbul warned that the current deficit stands at $101 million and that the […]
By AFP – Jun 16,2015 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinian children play in front of the rubble of buildings which were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in the summer of 2014, in the village of Khuzaa, east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Monday (AFP photo) GAZA […]
By JT – Jun 06,2015 – JORDAN TIMES Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour meets with his Palestinian counterpart, Rami Hamdallah, in Amman on Saturday (Petra photo) AMMAN — A senior Palestinian official has said that the Jordanian-Palestinian ties are as strong as ever, “not being disturbed by anything”. Palestinian Prime Minister Rami […]
AP | Jun 01, 2015 | JORDAN TIMES GAZA CITY — Germany’s foreign minister paid a rare visit to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Monday, calling on Israel to ease a blockade on the territory and urging Hamas prevent rockets from being fired into Israel. Frank-Walter Steinmeier became the latest […]
Source: The Independent by Robert Fisk, The Independent For Arabs – and for Britons who lost their loved ones in his shambolic war in Iraq – Blair’s appointment was an […]
WAR & CONFLICT East Jerusalem: ‘The two-state solution is dead’ Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are increasingly pessimistic on the possibility of an independent state. Creede Newton | 14 Apr 2015 12:03 GMT | Netanyahu announced the construction of 143 new homes in the Jewish settlement known to Israelis as […]
WAR & CONFLICT East Jerusalem: ‘The two-state solution is dead’ Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem are increasingly pessimistic on the possibility of an independent state. Creede Newton | 14 Apr 2015 12:03 GMT | Netanyahu announced the construction of 143 new homes in the Jewish settlement known to Israelis as […]