Foreign Ministry summons Israeli ambassador in Amman
By JT – Mar 21,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Petra file photo AMMAN — The Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the Israeli ambassador in Jordan, following the extreme racist and inciting statements of […]
Israeli raid in West Bank kills four — Palestinian ministry
23 wounded in raid in northern West Bank, five of them seriously By AFP – Mar 16,2023 – JORDAN TIMES Mourners react during the funeral of Palestinians killed in an Israeli raid […]
Significance of ‘antisemitism’ diluted in race to defend Israel
RAY HANANIA March 08, 2023 American leaders, from President Joe Biden and ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield to members of Congress, are speaking out against the rising tide of […]
Why Israel is no longer able to control the narrative on Palestine
RAMZY BAROUD March 06, 2023 The following sentence tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting against, and what pro-Israelis are fighting for: “We are […]
Annexation agony: Israel’s expansion into Palestinian territories
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN MAR 06, 2023 – 12:05 AM GMT+3 A Palestinian woman looks outside her door that was torched by Jewish settlers in the West Bank town of […]
Palestinians accuse Israeli government of complicity as Hawara arson suspects are freed
A delegation from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel survey the aftermath of a rampage by settlers in Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, on Mar. 1, 2023. (AP) MOHAMMED […]
The looming threat of mass Israeli house demolitions
Breadcrumb Sally Ibrahim West Bank 01 March, 2023 In-depth: The new far-right Israeli government is racing ahead with a hardline agenda of annexation and settlement expansion, with Palestinian homes under […]
‘Total Fascism’: Israeli Parliament Passes Death Penalty Bill Targeting Palestinians
March 1, 2023 News Israeli lawmakers have voted in favor of a bill that would impose the death penalty on so-called “terrorists” accusing of killing Israelis. Backed by rightwing Prime Minister […]
The Slippery Slope of Occupation
Mar 1, 2023SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK To condemn Russian colonialism properly, one must be consistent and also condemn other examples, not least Israel’s subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied territories. This is […]
Palestinians get the blame for settlers’ Huwara rampage
RAY HANANIA March 02, 2023 No matter what violence Israel engages in against Palestinians, it always finds a way to minimize it and place the blame on the victims. On […]
Zionist project has always been colonisation and exclusion of indigenous Palestinians
Mar 01,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Michael Jansen The escalating violence in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank has been inevitable for a long time. The century-old Zionist project […]
Why West Bank violence between Israelis and Palestinians rages on despite US mediation
SPECIAL Palestinian leaders are warning of a new intifada following the latest outbreak of violence, which flared after Israeli troops killed 11 Palestinians in a raid targeting militants in Nablus. […]
Aqaba meeting was much ado about nothing
OSAMA AL-SHARIF February 28, 2023 Sunday’s Aqaba security meeting, which brought together Palestinian and Israeli officials in a rare publicized event, attracted much media attention — but not all of […]
Behind the scenes of UN statement on Palestine
Feb 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Ramzy Baroud Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations make an official remark expressing happiness over any UN proceeding concerning the Israeli […]
Real journalism asks tough questions
Feb 28,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Too often both the Israeli and Arab press fail miserably in reporting on violent acts in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Aspects of […]
Why is Israel-Palestinian violence surging?
bbc.com By Raffi Berg BBC News Online Middle East editor There has been an intensification of violence between Israel and the Palestinians since the start of this year, with deaths […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: Why Palestinians are not as happy as their UN ambassador
RAMZY BAROUD February 27, 2023 Rarely does the Palestinian ambassador to the UN make an official remark expressing happiness over any proceedings concerning the Israeli occupation of Palestine. However, Riyad Mansour was […]
Rampaging Israeli settlers set fire to homes and cars in West Bank
Previous 1 / 4 An armed Israeli gestures amid clashes between settlers and Palestinians in Burin village, after settlers reportedly set cars on fire in the village on Feb. 25, 2023. (AFP) 2 / 4 Palestinians carry a youth injured during clashes with Israeli settlers from the nearby Bracha settlement, who reportedly […]
Palestinian killed as settlers rampage in Huwara after deadly terror attack
Story by Emanuel Fabian • Yesterday 7:48 PM Dozens of Israeli settlers rioted in the West Bank town of Huwara on Sunday evening, allegedly setting fire to Palestinian property, hours after two Israeli brothers were shot dead in a terror attack there. The Palestinian Health Ministry said one man was shot dead […]
US should suspend all its support for ungrateful Israel
RAY HANANIA February 24, 2023 The US has not only been Israel’s strongest ally and its shield against demands for justice at the UN for many years, but it is […]