75 years after the Nakba, Palestinians still long for return
By AFP – May 03,2023 – JORDAN TIMES A woman holds a key symbolising the homes left by Palestinians in 1948, during a rally along the border east of Khan Younis in […]
Israel wages ‘systematic’ war against Islamic presence in Jerusalem
April 27, 2023 at 1:15 pm | Published in: Israel, Middle East, News, Palestine Israeli police take measures as far-right Jewish settlers raid the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem on April 11, […]
Israel cannot be a democracy and an occupying force
YOSSI MEKELBERG April 29, 2023 On two consecutive Saturday nights this month I had the privilege of witnessing firsthand the protests against the anti-democratic measures the Israeli government is attempting […]
It is time Israel, the West admit the two-state solution is dead
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions A recent survey shows that even Western and Israeli pundits know two states in Palestine are impossible. Published On 19 Sep 2021 Aljazeera.com In August, the influential US […]
Israel and Palestinians: Gulf between hope and reality of peace
bbc.com By Jeremy Bowen BBC Middle East editor, Jerusalem Tensions between Israel and the Palestinians are on the rise once more, with hopes of peace and a two-state solution as […]
Violence inevitable until Israel-Palestine conflict is resolved
YOSSI MEKELBERG April 18, 2023 There is nothing new about Israelis and Palestinians clashing at this time of the year, especially when the holy celebrations of Ramadan, Passover and Easter […]
What it means for Israel to lose its ‘deterrence’
RAMZY BAROUD April 17, 2023 When Israel launched a war against the Gaza Strip in August 2022, it declared that its target was the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group only. Indeed, […]
Israel will be incinerated by these fires Netanyahu ignites
BARIA ALAMUDDIN April 10, 2023 As three of the world’s great faiths celebrate the festivals of Ramadan, Easter and Passover in the cradle of those religions, various parties have been […]
‘Wiping out’ Palestinians is an old Israeli adage
RAMZY BAROUD March 27, 2023 By his own admission, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is a “fascist homophobe.” This declaration, which he made in January, should be enough to accentuate the violent […]
Tense Ramadan ahead for Palestinians as Israeli excesses continue
A Palestinian man hangs decorations at an entrance to the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, ahead of the holy fasting […]
The lesson of Aqaba: Half-measures will not work
Mar 20,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby If the Aqaba Summit accomplished anything, it demonstrated the inadequacy of US policy towards Israel/Palestine. The Summit, instigated by the US […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israeli forces kill teen in West Bank, says Palestinian ministry
Issued on: 03/03/2023 Text by:NEWS WIRES Israeli troops shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian and critically wounded another child in the occupied West Bank Thursday, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the […]
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. […]