A tale of two visits
Aug 02,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby The Biden administration’s approach and media coverage given to the president’s visits to Israel/Palestine and Saudi Arabia were starkly contradictory. Biden […]
Washington is the problem, not the solution
Jul 26,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud To judge US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and Palestine as a “failure” in terms of activating the dormant “peace […]
Why Palestinians’ new resistance might just work
RAMZY BAROUD June 06, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/mewvz What took place between May 2021 and May 2022 was nothing less than a paradigm shift in Palestinian resistance. Thanks to the […]
Adding momentum to Palestinian cause
Mar 29,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / EDITORIAL His Majesty King Abdullah’s meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Monday once again demonstrated that amid ever changing global shifts, […]
On the same global stage, two leaders a world apart
YOSSI MEKELBERGOctober 02, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/nnyhr There could not have been two more strikingly different speeches than those delivered to the UN General Assembly in New York by Palestinian […]
Better late than never ! Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas suspends all agreements signed with Israel
Jul 27, 2019 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is, of course, right in suspending all agreements signed with Israel after realising that enforcement of these agreements is […]
Jordan, Palestine warn against persisting deadlock in peace process
Safadi, Erekat discuss peace push, UNRWA crisis, Palestinian national accord By JT – Aug 26,2018 – JORDAN TIMES A general view shows an impoverished neighbourhood of the Khan Younis refugee […]
Study: At least 78% of aid intended for the Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers
Author: Jonathan Cook. March 8, 2016 (well, nothing has changed much since then)… Diplomats may have a reputation for greyness, obfuscation, even hypocrisy, but few have found themselves compared to a serial […]
Will Obama fail to move, again?
May 05,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh US President Barack Obama is reportedly frustrated that the American public does not see his achievements the way he does, as he was hoping to leave a “positive legacy” after his two terms at the White House. The international public is reacting […]
Confederation with Jordan, substitute homeland out of question – Palestinian leader
by Samir Barhoum | Jul 21, 2013 | RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas lauded Jordanian support for the Palestinian people and emphasised that coordination between the two leaderships is […]
Abbas asks Israel to let in Palestinians fleeing Syria
Reuters | Jan 26, 2013 | 22:09 Updated: Jan 26, 2013 | JORDAN TIMES RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas tried to get Israel to let 150,000 Palestinians fleeing war in Syria resettle in the West Bank, but dropped the request after Israel demanded they first give up their right […]
President Abbas Presents a Confederation Project with Jordan
PALESTINE NEWS AGENCY On Thursday 13th December, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas informed several leaders in the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) to be prepared for a new confederation project […]
Israeli minister vows Palestinian ‘holocaust’
Daily Telegraph: A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a “bigger holocaust” from Israeli armed forces. The use of the Hebrew word for holocaust, “shoah”, tends to be used exclusively in Israel to describe the Nazi persecution of Jews. […]
After Doha, challenges to Hamas-Fateh unity remain
RAMALLAH — The deal signed in Doha by rival Palestinian movements Fateh and Hamas has moved the two sides closer to reconciliation but challenges remain, officials and experts warn. Palestinian […]