The ‘Deal of the Century’: Revealed and reviled
Feb 04,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Last week, on January 28, US President Donald Trump officially revealed his long-awaited ‘“Deal of the Century”: The plan for […]
Arabs prioritise key ties with U.S. against Iran in reacting to Trump peace plan
Jan 29, 2020 – http://www.swissinfo.ch By Stephen Kalin and Amina Ismail RIYADH/CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab powers appear to be prioritising close ties with the United States that are vital to […]
Arabs in Israeli border towns fear Trump plan will transfer them to West Bank
Feb 3, 2020 – swissinfo.ch By Rami Ayyub and Sinan Abu Mayzer BAQA AL-GHARBIYYE, Israel (Reuters) – Thousands of Israeli Arabs, many waving Palestinian flags, demonstrated in this town […]
Forget two states, Trump’s plan prescribes apartheid
Baria Alamuddin February 02, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/64h3g Taking a random district in the West Bank and calling it Al-Quds is no more a magical method for conjuring up […]
Citing Trump plan, Israel defence chief backs extending sovereignty to West Bank settlements
Jan 29, 2020 – 21:30 By Stephen Farrell and Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s hawkish defence minister called on Wednesday for Israel to establish sovereignty over nearly a third […]
How Israel teaches its children to hate
Much like white South Africans, Jewish Israelis will never voluntarily give up their privileged position as settlers July 26, 2019 Dissident Israeli scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s important academic study, “Palestine in […]
Is Trump Bibi’s Chump ?
The president needs to demand a commitment so he doesn’t get played. By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist Jan. 28, 2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES TEL AVIV — Given the […]
For Palestinians, Trump’s is not a peace plan – it is a green light to permanent occupation
Recent leaks point to an agreement which the Palestinians – if they have any interest in having a proper functioning sovereign state – cannot accept Bel Trew @beltrew 28th January 2020 It is telling that Donald Trump chose to invite two Israeli politicians and no Palestinians to Washington for the […]
For Palestinians, Trump’s is not a peace plan – it is a green light to permanent occupation
Recent leaks point to an agreement which the Palestinians – if they have any interest in having a proper functioning sovereign state – cannot accept Bel Trew @beltrew Sunday […]
Trump: Middle East plan to be announced Tuesday will be ‘good for everybody’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan — already rejected by the Palestinians — has a “chance” and will be unveiled Tuesday. “I think it […]
Trump peace plan: High stakes and low chances
By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, Jerusalem Hopes for peace between Israel and the Palestinians exist in a world that is stuck between the darkest hours of the night […]
In warning to Netanyahu, US House endorses two-state solution
By AFP – Dec 07,2019 – JORDAN TIMES WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives on Friday threw its weight behind a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, in a […]
Occupied territories: Swiss confirm position on Israeli settlements
Nov 19, 2019 – 14:55 The controversial settlements are built on lands occupied by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War. Israeli settlements currently exist in the Palestinian territory of […]
King of Jordan warns of ‘catastrophic’ one-state solution in interview with MSNBC
By JT – Sep 24,2019 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — US cable TV news network MSNBC, which is owned by NBCUniversal, conducted an interview with His Majesty King Abdullah on […]
Turkey says Israel becoming ‘racist, apartheid regime’ with annexation plan
Sep 15, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch ANKARA (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement of his intention to annex areas of the West Bank following next week’s elections shows Israel […]
Reversing Netanyahu’s designs on West Bank
Sep 03,2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will say and do anything to win the upcoming Israeli general elections. For starters, Netanyahu has deliberately heated up […]
Hiding Israeli crimes past and present
Jul 23,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH The latest revelations from US envoy Jason Greenblatt provide further evidence of the ingredients of the US plan for resolving the […]
American duty free owners fund controversial Israeli settlements
ASSOCIATED PRESS HEBRON, West Bank Published 01.07.2019 When travelers shop at dozens of duty free stores at airports worldwide, they may be paying for more than a bottle of vodka […]
No Palestinians, No Israelis, Maybe Even No Journalists: What’s Left of Kushner’s Bahrain Summit
The White House’s initial sense of euphoria about Arab participation at its economic workshop on June 25 has eroded, much to the (unspoken) relief of Jerusalem Amir Tibon and […]
Palestine needs freedom, not prosperity
May 22,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – Daoud Kuttab I still vividly remember what a World Bank official once told me, “What Palestine needs is the end of occupation and restrictions for […]