Tag: Israel-Jordan Relations
Israel offers Jordan assistance after Aqaba port disaster
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday offered assistance to Jordan, following a chlorine gas leak at the Aqaba Port on Monday which killed 13 people and injured 251.
The gas was released when a...
Ambassador David Friedman: Israel must ‘grow up’ and decide its eastern border
Israel and Israel alone can make decisions fateful to its future, and it can start with reaching clarity about its eastern border, said former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the second Israeli...
Changes to the ‘status quo’ on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount since 1967
The status quo on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, as formulated by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan in 1967, no longer exists. Today, the reality on the mount is very different from what it...
Jordan proposes building joint wheat storage center with Israel
Jordan’s King Abdullah II has proposed that the Hashemite Kingdom and Israel jointly set up a wheat reserves and foods storage center, Reshet Bet reported on Tuesday.
According to the report, the proposal was made during a...
Jordan struggles with winds of change in Middle East
The Negev Summit that took place on March 27 may have included a number of important foreign ministers from the region, but one was notably missing: Jordan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman H. Safadi.
Why...
Israeli President Herzog and Jordan’s King Abdullah meet in Amman
Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived in Jordan on Wednesday for an official visit at the invitation of King Abdullah II. He was received by the Jordanian leader at an official ceremony at the royal...
Israeli defense minister meets with King Abdullah in Jordan
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz traveled to Jordan on Wednesday to meet with Jordan’s King Abdullah.
The two discussed security and policy topics with Gantz highlighting the strategic importance of the relationship between the two...
Jordanian MPs: UK’s terrorist designation of Hamas an ‘act of aggression’
Dozens of Jordanian parliamentarians on Sunday issued a statement condemning Britain’s plan to designate Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
While Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, Canada,...
Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas meets in Amman with Jordan’s King Abdullah
Ra’am party chairman Mansour Abbas met with Jordan’s King Abdullah in Amman on Tuesday, reported Israel’s Channel 12 news.
According to an additional report by Walla, sources in the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Abbas had...
Jordanian, Israeli economic ministers sign deal to boost exports to Palestinians
Israeli and Jordanian economy ministers signed an agreement on Wednesday in Amman to increase Jordanian exports to the Palestinian Authority.
Israel Minister of Economy Orna Barbivai and General Secretary of Minister of Industry, Trade and...