Tag: Israel-Jordan Relations
Palestinians, Jordan are bluffing on Israeli sovereignty, say former US officials
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushing ahead with plans to apply sovereignty to the Jordan Valley and parts of Judea and Samaria, there are concerns being raised that it could ignite tensions with...
‘Israeli annexation bid will have disastrous consequences,’ Jordanian foreign minister warns
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov on Wednesday that the Israeli plan to apply sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley must...
Jordan’s Abdullah warns of ‘massive conflict’ if Israel proceeds with annexation
Jordan’s King Abdullah warned of “massive conflict” between his country and Israel if the Jewish state proceeds with annexing territory this summer in Judea and Samaria.
In an interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel, the Jordanian...
Jordan-Israel peace treaty ‘at risk,’ says Jordanian premier
Relations between Jordan and Israel are at their lowest ebb since the signing of the 1994 peace treaty between the two countries, and the treaty itself is now “at risk,” Jordanian Prime Minister Omar...
Hundreds of Jordanians protest gas deal with Israel
Hundreds of Jordanians protested in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Friday demanding that the government cancel a natural-gas deal with Israel.
Jordanian security forces stopped the protesters from reaching the Al-Nakheel Square, where the...
Jordan: Israeli annexation ‘unthinkable,’ US-Iran war would cause ‘untold chaos’
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned on Wednesday that Israeli attempts to “impose an unthinkable solution” on the Palestinians could end hopes for a Palestinian state, and said that a war between Iran and the...
Netanyahu, Knesset mark 25 years of peace between Israel and neighboring Jordan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday marked 25 years of a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.
“We have an outstanding interest in keeping the peace agreement due to the fact that we have...