Jordan condemns Israelis’ ‘provocative’ storming of Al Aqsa
Momani denounces move as ‘hindrance’ for Mideast peace process By JT – Apr 13,2017 – JORDAN TIMES Extremist Jews are seen in front of the Dome of the Rock […]
How Israel understands the Arab Peace Initiative
Apr 04,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Once more, the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 is taking centre stage. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas insisted during his speech at the recently concluded Arab League summit, that the initiative is the only solution on the table, asserting that it will not be changed or […]
Not one, not two, but what?
Mar 07,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday told a parliamentary committee that the US had warned that annexing the West Bank would spark an “immediate crisis” with the US administration. The Israeli minister made his statements before leaving for the US for talks with […]
Jordan: King meets with US Jewish leaders over peace process
Talks cover threats to region’s security and stability By JT – Mar 05,2017 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdullah meets with US Jewish leaders in Amman on Sunday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday discussed with a delegation of US […]
Fatah leader: Peace process is dead, Palestinians must boycott Israeli goods
OCT. 25, 2016 (AFP/File) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — International Relations Commissioner for the Fatah movement Nabil Shaath called on Palestinians to begin a full-fledged consumer boycott of Israel in an interview with The Arab Weekly on Tuesday. “A consumer boycott should be the Palestinians’ weapon against Israel,” the newspaper quoted Shaath […]
Israel-Palestine clarity
Sep 08,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMI G. KHOURI Moments of sudden clarity in political developments can strike anywhere and at any time, as I experienced in relation to the Palestine-Israel conflict while riding the F-train subway from Brooklyn to Manhattan Tuesday morning. Three separate stories I read in the […]
Time for an Arab peace initiative
Jul 01,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh There is a dire need now for an Arab peace initiative. Not another one for tackling the Israeli-Arab conflict, for already there is one, but an initiative to address the inter-Arab conflicts. Regarding the former, the Arabs have already presented their vision […]
The relationship between Israel and Lebanon is deteriorating again – and it’s civilians who will suffer
“Above and below live civilians whom we have nothing against – a kind of human shield,” Eshel threatened. “And that is where the war will be. That is where we will have […]
Israel / Palestine: Clear rejection
Jun 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL In the 2002, the Arab world made a peace offer to Israel the Arab countries thought it could not refuse: normalisation of relations between the Arab region and Israel in exchange for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem, and […]
Netanyahu stresses Arab peace initiative must be rewritten
By AFP – Jun 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES A Palestinian protester holds a sign as he chants slogans during a protest against what organisers say is land confiscation by Israel, near Arroub Refugee Camp north of the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday (Reuters photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — […]
Palestinian killers wanted to provoke Israel’s new Defence Minister into fulfilling his blood thirsty threats
Avigdor Lieberman’s political promises of beheading, a fourth Gaza war and a third Lebanon war – there have in fact been five Israeli-Lebanese wars, but no matter – bode a very unhappy future for both Israel and its Arab neighbours Robert Fisk @indyvoices ‘Mindless’ though the Israelis like to dub […]
No peace on the horizon
Jun 09,2016 -JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh The French-sponsored conference that was attended by senior representatives of 26 countries, including senior French and American officials, has failed to outline the next step towards reaching the two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict now approaching 50 years. This disappointing outcome underlines the […]
Just another ploy …
Jun 04,2016 -JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL Israel has dampened down any hope that the French initiative of convening a meeting in Paris on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be in any way successful, even before the meeting started. Dore Gold, the head of Israel’s foreign ministry, went as far as to compare […]
Israel shuns French initiative after UNESCO vote
By AFP – May 15,2016 – An Israeli soldier asks a protester with a Palestinian flag to go further during confrontations following a rally to commemorate the ‘Nakbeh’ or ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic in reference to the creation of Israel in 1948 on Palestinian land on Sunday in the […]
US cool on France Mideast peace push, may not attend
By AFP – May 12,2016 -JORDAN TIMES Palestinians stand atop a damaged building as they wait for their relatives to return to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, after it was opened by Egyptian authorities on Wednesday for two days for the first time in three months, […]
EU says Israeli land seizure threatens peace process
By Reuters – Mar 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES The Dome of the Rock is seen surrounded by houses in Jerusalem’s Old City (foreground) with the Mount of Olives in the background on Thursday (AFP photo) BRUSSELS — A seizure of land by Israel in the West Bank raises […]
New US peace proposal
Mar 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah US President Barack Obama seems to be considering ideas that could facilitate a deal between the Palestinians and the Israelis, not while still in office, as time is running short for that, but for the benefit of his successors. “Middle East peace […]
Is France serious about its proposal?
Mar 02,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – DAOUD KUTTAB A big question is looming regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: How serious is the French initiative that aims at leading an international effort to help kick start negotiations on the two-state solution? Equally important is to figure out where exactly Washington stands on this […]
Missing the boat
Feb 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – George S. Hishmeh As expected, the current front runners in the American presidential elections, much as the leaders in the Middle East, are missing the boat as they voice their mediocre views on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict that started in 1948 when the British mandate ended. […]
Jordan proves to be region’s voice of reason — analysts
By Mohammad Ghazal – Feb 25,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The summit His Majesty King Abdullah held with US President Barack Obama this week “testifies to the credibility and balanced positions of Jordan” on regional crises and issues of global nature. In particular, analysts referred in phone interviews […]