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. […]
Bernie Sanders condemns Israel’s killing of Palestinian protesters
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL AP Photo U.S. Senator from Vermont and former Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized Israel’s violent response to Palestinian protesters and urged the U.S. administration to […]
Should Jordan claim the West Bank on our behalf? An old yet new question
Mar 31,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Nermeen Murad For the past few weeks I have been sneaking 10 minutes here and there to read through the daily log documented by […]
Foreign ministry statement: Swiss support independent probe after Gaza clashes
This content was published on March 31, 2018 Israeli troops guarding the border on Friday (Keystone) The latest escalation of the situation in Gaza shows that peace negotiations should […]
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 […]
Jews, Arabs nearing population parity in Holy Land, emphasizing need for 2-state solution
DAILY SABAH WITH REUTERS ISTANBUL In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, a Jewish settler looks at the West bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim, from the E-1 area on […]
There goes the ultimate deal
Feb 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – By Hasan Abu Nimah For US President Donald Trump to say that the Palestinians “are not looking to make peace” is not unusual. The […]
Study: At least 78% of aid intended for the Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers
Author: Jonathan Cook. March 8, 2016 (well, nothing has changed much since then)… Diplomats may have a reputation for greyness, obfuscation, even hypocrisy, but few have found themselves compared to a serial […]
Israel loves walls
Feb 14,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Israel loves walls. Last week, it began constructing a concrete slab wall along the ceasefire line with Lebanon, […]
Norwegian lawmaker nominates Israel boycott campaign for Nobel Peace Prize
Moxnes calls for all partners to join ranks in support campaign By Jassar Al Tahat – Feb 15,2018 -JORDAN TIMES In this file photo, activists march […]
Israel’s war on Palestinians is a war on facts
Ray Hanania | Published — Wednesday 14 February 2018 To the world, Ahmad Jarrar was a “terrorist” who murdered “innocent” Israeli Rabbi Raziel Shevach near his settlement outside of Nablus […]
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 […]
Ayelet Shaked: Israel must safeguard Jewish majority
Source: Al Jazeerah Shaked said Israel must maintain a Jewish majority ‘at the price’ of rights violations [Tamas Kovacs/MTI via AP] Israel must safeguard a Jewish majority even at the […]
The ‘ultimate deal’ keeps popping up
Jordan Times – Hasan Abu Nimah Donald Trump began talking about his ability to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict even before he took office. He did not seem to believe that relentless failure of decades of efforts to deal with the issue, American or otherwise, were related to the complex […]
An act of raw aggression
Jan 29,2018 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Sunday that the ruling Likud Party has introduced a bill calling for the annexation of the West Bank! As a matter of fact, the Likud Executive Committee has already endorsed this very idea and now it […]
Blackmail will not work
Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh It goes without saying, that we in this part of the world have been largely disappointed with the US stand regarding […]
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 […]
Israel’s obligations as an occupying power under international law, its violations and implications for EU policy
– Posted on 29 janvier 2014Posted in: European Union, News, Reports I. WHY ISRAEL IS BOUND BY THE INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE OBLIGATIONS OF AN OCCUPYING POWER. The main international instruments defining the obligations of an occupying power are : the Regulations Respecting the Laws and Customs of War […]
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 […]
Israel should prevail, but so should Palestine
İLNUR ÇEVIK @ilnurcevik There are masses of people both in Palestine and Israel who demand a new reconciliation process be started as soon as possible in their region The ultra-right wing parties, their actions and their ideology seem to be holding the Netanyahu government at ransom are in […]