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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why Kushner’s Middle East visit is set for failure
Palestinians should not waste their time by expecting concrete results from Jared Kushner’s mediation efforts. Jared Kushner’s pro-Israel bias is not a secret to anyone, writes Fraihat [AP] by Ibrahim Fraihat @i_fraihat Ibrahim Fraihat is Associate Professor of International Conflict Resolution at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. White […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
What awaits Syria?
Dec 19,2015 – JORDAN TIMES – MUSA KEILANI No amount of Vienna meetings or Geneva communiqués can stop the war in Syria unless the root causes of the conflict are addressed. A new round of negotiations took place in New York this week, but it did not tackle the conundrum of […]