Jordanian king insists that US is the only power that can broker a peace deal between the two parties By Jacob Magid Today, 2:20 Jordan’s King Abdullah (R) speaks with […]
Jan 22,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Hassan A. Barari In remarks during his talks with King Abdullah, US Vice President Mike Pence said that his country […]
Opinion When the Jewish ‘hard’ left leads the battle for one state, pushing the only political horizon that isn’t apartheid, U.S. Jews attack us – for fighting for the same democratic values they prize so highly back home Jeff Halper Jan 19, 2018 Palestinian girls play at their family’s […]
Palestinian factions to gather in Ramallah to determine how to press ahead in wake of Trump’s Jerusalem declaration Jack Khoury Jan 14, 2018 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to indicate what course the Palestinians will take – a continuation of the diplomatic process or demanding the implementation a […]
Reuters International This content was published on December 25, 2017 Pope Francis waves as he leads the “Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message from the […]
Oct 23,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Jawad Anani Some Israeli likudniks and ultra-right-wingers are asking for a conference to create a Palestinian state on the East Bank of the River Jordan (or Jordan); that calls for a revision of Jordan’s stand on the Palestinian issue as a whole. In 1967, […]
Reuters International MAY 7, 2017 – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Oded Balilty/Pool (reuters_tickers) By Ori Lewis JERUSALEM (Reuters) – […]
Source: i24NEWS La Chancelière allemande Angela Merkel, le 19 mars 2017 à Hanovre Merkel says Palestinians also adding to lack of progress in peace process by ‘unilaterally denouncing’ Israel In […]
Arab leaders and head of delegations pose for a group photograph during the 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League at the Dead Sea, Jordan March 29, 2017. (Reuters) Al […]
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 […]
Feb 22,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen Donald Trump’s short-lived suggestion the US could back the “one-state solution”, involving a bi-national Palestinian-Israeli state, instead of the internationally accepted “two-state solution”, alarmed Palestinians, Israelis and the international community. A day later, Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley reaffirmed US’ endorsement of the […]
By YISHAI FLEISHERFEB. 14, 2017 CreditLauren Simkin Berke HEBRON, West Bank — Last week, Israel’s Parliament passed a controversial bill that allows the government to retroactively authorize contested West Bank Jewish communities by compensating previousPalestinian land claimants. Opposition parties warn that this law could open Israel to prosecution at […]
Feb 21,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah There was loud overreaction recently to the Knesset legislation sanctioning the Israeli theft of Palestinian land for building Jewish settlement. The pattern repeated itself last week, with US President Donald Trump’s remark with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next to him at […]
FEB. 19, 2017 (File) AMMAN (Ma’an) — King Abdullah II of Jordan said on Sunday that any move to relaunch serious negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians should be in accordance with the two-state solution, which he called the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Abdullah made his statement during […]
Source: Reuters International and Swiss Info By Luke Baker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As he stood on the podium next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump said […]
There was laughter. Not because this was an intended joke by Donald Trump, but because his words were so flippant, so careless, so ignorant, so utterly deplorable, that laughter was the only psychological human release available to sane men and women after such tragic frivolity Robert Fisk @indyvoices Donald Trump’s […]
FEB. 15, 2017 (File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A United States official said on Tuesday that the US was not necessarily committed to the two-state solution as the sole way out of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, sparking criticism from Palestinian officials who upheld that the two-state solution remained the only alternative to […]
Reuters International FEB 15, 2017 People walk past a giant banner on a building congratulating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, in Jerusalem, January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (reuters_tickers) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump supports the goal of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, even if it does not […]
View of the Israeli settlement of Efrat in the West Bank on Feb. 7, 2017. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) By William Booth February 10, 2017 JERUSALEM —President Trump warned Israel on Friday that building more homes in Jewish settlements was not “good for peace” and said he wanted Israel to “act reasonably” […]
By AFP – Feb 09,2017 – JORDAN TIMES A picture taken on Sunday from the West Bank city of Hebron shows a general view of the nearby Israeli settlement of Givat Harsina (AFP photo) OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian rights groups petitioned the supreme court on Wednesday […]