Arab League head warns no Mideast peace deal without Palestinian state
By Reuters – Jun 18,2019 -JORDAN TIMES CAIRO — The head of the Arab League warned on Monday that attempts to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be in vain without […]
Why Israel Should Be ‘Singled Out’ For Its Human Rights Record
Unlike other countries, ordinary citizens are complicit in the perpetual crimes committed against defenseless Palestinians. Published on June 13, 2019 By Waleed S. Ahmed Why is everyone so obsessed […]
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 […]
Egypt, Morocco, Jordan to attend Bahrain workshop on Palestine investment
Arab News June 11, 2019 Egypt and Jordan’s participation is considered especially important Palestinian leaders have threatened to boycott the conference LONDON: Egypt, Morocco and Jordan have informed the US […]
Rehashing old ideas will not get Palestinians, Israelis closer to solution
Jun 08,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI The recent visit of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his accompanying delegation to Jordan and Israel was some sort […]
Why the US ‘workshop’ for Palestinians will fail
Jun 04,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Twenty-five years ago, I moderated a discussion on the Palestinian economy at the international economic summit in Casablanca, Morocco. I was […]
Jared Kushner expresses doubt that Palestinians can self-govern
White House senior adviser says he hopes Palestinians will become ‘capable of governing’ and denies Trump is racist in rare interview Guardian staff and agencies Mon 3 Jun 2019 White […]
Aligning positions, efforts most needed to attain Palestinians’ rights — King of Jordan
‘Jordan to continue to bolster steadfastness of Jerusalemites, counter attempts to impose new reality on the ground’ By JT – Jun 02,2019 -JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah heads Jordan’s delegation to the 14th Session of the Ordinary Islamic Summit Conference of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Mecca on […]
Jordan’s king tells Trump adviser peace can only come with a Palestinian state
Arab News May 29, 2019 Jordan stands by a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict This exposed a rift with the US as the Trump administration tries to rally […]
US complicity in Israel’s violations of international law
May 20,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – JAMES J. ZOGBY Last week, I addressed a United Nations Security Council meeting on “Israeli settlements”. Because I knew other speakers, experts and diplomats, […]
As Trump team prepares Mideast plan, Palestinians face financial crisis
By Reuters – May 02,2019 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian demonstrator holding a copy of Koran takes part in a protest against an Israeli decision to trim funds over prisoner […]
Jordan on edge ahead of unveiling of Trump’s peace plan
Apr 30,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF President Donald Trump’s special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, tweeted last week that “rumours that our peace vision includes […]
Egypt-Israel land swap idea likely to be a dead end
DR. ABDELLATIF EL-MENAWY April 28, 2019 Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas stand at the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip in Rafah. (File/ AFP) Concerns […]
All recent murmurings from the White House signal the Israel-Palestine two-state solution is dead
Until recently for the international community, the concept had been the generally accepted way to begin resolving the 70-year conflict Bel Trew @beltrew Twice Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s smooth-talking son-in-law, has dodged […]
How Meir Kahane’s toxic legacy poisoned the Palestinian peace process
ARAB NEWS April 22, 2019 Brooklyn-born rabbi who demanded forced emigration of Arabs and inspired Israel’s far right is latest subject of Arab News ‘Preachers of Hate’ series As a […]
Notre Dame of Gaza: Our mosques, churches also burn
JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD As the 300ft spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris tragically came tumbling down on live television, my thoughts ventured to Nuseirat refugee camp, […]
White House’s Kushner urges world to keep ‘open mind’ about upcoming Middle East plan – source
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON APRIL 17, 2019 White House adviser Jared Kushner at the “2019 Prison Reform Summit” in the East Room of the White House in Washington, […]
After my imprisonment, my little brother has been jailed in Israel. Who will speak up for Palestinian kids like us?
I was detained for clashing with Israeli forces in 2017, after my cousin was shot in the head. Almost a year since my release, my 15-year-old brother – like so many […]
Netanyahu victory torpedoes two-state solution, say analysts
DAOUD KUTTAB April 11, 2019 Election result reflects ‘hawkish’ Israeli behavior Many countries deem settlements illegal AMMAN: Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in Israeli elections have caused irreparable damage to a two-state […]
Netanyahu’s threat to annex settlements
Apr 09,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH Just days before his country’s general elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his intention to annex the settlements built illegally […]