Trump’s master plan for peace
May 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump’s much-anticipated grand roadmap for the solution of the Palestinian conflict is now in the open with reports suggesting that the Trump’s […]
US lost its status as mediator in Israeli-Palestinian conflict with embassy move, Erdoğan says
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL A photo of the entrance of the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey. (AA Photo) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan released a statement on Sunday, saying that the United […]
Pompeo and the Middle East peace process
May 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The new US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not bide his time before embarking on a Middle East tour that […]
A letter to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi
Apr 02,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby During the week of March 25, 2018, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi led a delegation of ten house democrats to Israel and Jordan. […]
Import ban: Animal protection or religious freedom?
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on March 28, 2018 Swiss compromise: a butcher slitting a sheep’s throat after it was stunned (Keystone) In Switzerland, animal welfare groups are […]
Facing inevitable dead end
Mar 06,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah If what was published last Monday on the electronic Arabic daily, “Rai Al Youm,” about Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas […]
‘Riyadh working with Trump to push peace process’
By AA – Feb 23,2018 – JORDAN TIMES DOHA, Qatar — Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir on Thursday said his country was working with the administration of US President […]
An overdue confession
Feb 13,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL President Donald Trump has at last recognised that Israel’s settlement policy is a significant impediment to peace between Israel and the Palestinians. During a rare interview with Israeli Hayom daily newspaper, published on Sunday, Trump has finally conceded that Israeli policies have a lot to do with […]
Trump casts doubt on Middle East peace talks
US President Donald Trump has questioned whether peace talks with Israel will ever resume, blaming the Palestns. Mr Trump said Palestinians had “disrespected” the US in the wake of his […]
Saudi Prince Salman conveys details of ‘Deal of Century’ to Palestine
ANADOLU AGENCY RAMALLAH, Palestine Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman attends the Annual Horse Race ceremony, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 30, 2017. (Reuters Photo) The Palestinian leadership […]
Can the US be replaced as peace broker?
Dec 26,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif Despite world-wide sympathy for the Palestinians in the wake of the unilateral American recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, reaction to […]
Saudi prince says Trump’s move threatens stability
By Reuters – Dec 20,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A female Palestinian protester waves a Palestinian flag as she throws a stone during clashes with Israeli forces near the Huwara checkpoint, […]
Pence trip to Middle East overshadowed by Trump’s Jerusalem decision
Reuters International This content was published on December 15, 2017 U.S. vice-president Mike Pence becomes emotional addressing a prayer vigil for the victims in the First Baptist Church of […]
Trump’s Jerusalem move won’t help the cause of peace
by Rasheed Reno | Dec 9, 2017, For decades the Israel-Palestine question has a been a divisive issue that sometimes seems impossible to solve. Many U.S. presidents have attempted to broker peace agreements between the two sides with limited progress. Progress on the issue has been at a standstill […]
‘Talk of a peace process is play acting’
Nov 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen The declaration by the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) that it is freezing all communication with the US, following the Trump administration’s decision to close its diplomatic mission in Washington is play acting. Although concern has been expressed that cutting communication would […]
Donald Trump’s best new policy in the Middle East would be no new policy
We often forget that at any one time there are several governments and opposition movements trying to lure the US into a war with its enemies by demonising them as a threat to the world Patrick Cockburn @indyworld President Trump’s stance on conflict in the Middle East is a mixture […]
Peace in the Middle East will be ‘the ultimate deal,’ Trump says
ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump waits to greet Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak at the White House in Washington, U.S. September 12, 2017. (Reuters Photo) President Donald […]
‘Peace for all or peace for none’
. Aug 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah The Middle East is a region that has been deprived of peace for no less than a full decade. All efforts, by the UN, superpowers, regional actors and mediators over the years to resolve causes of instability have failed. Actually, the […]
New Middle East peace mission
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 […]
Tillerson: Trump weighs impact of embassy move on Middle East peace
Hani Hazaimeh | Published — Monday 15 May 2017 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Jeddah: US President Donald Trump is pondering whether moving the US Embassy in Israel from […]