Tag: Jordan
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...
US rejects Jordan’s opposition to deport wanted terrorist
The United States has rejected a claim by Jordan over its refusal to deport wanted Palestinian-Jordanian Hamas terrorist Ahlam Tamimi, as a Jordanian court ruled in 2017 that Amman’s extradition treaty with Washington is...
Israeli farmland set to be handed back to Jordan
Israel will have to return two parcels of agricultural land in the Jordan Valley to Jordan soon, after the Hashemite Kingdom refused to extend a lease on the lands outlined in the 1994 Israel-Jordan...
UNRWA must evolve or dissolve, says senior agency official at end of General Assembly
“Direct pressure” by donors is the most likely way to induce the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to change, former UNRWA general counsel James Lindsay told JNS as the 74th session of the...
Jordan, Iraq sign nuclear energy agreement
Jordan and Iraq signed a nuclear-energy cooperation agreement on Saturday, according to reports in Jordanian media.
The protocol was signed by Jordan Atomic Energy Commission chairman Khaled Toukan and Iraqi Higher Education and Scientific Research...
Jordan stops production of fictional film for referencing Jewish ties to its land
The Jordanian government has suspended the production of a film set in the ancient Jordanian city of Petra because it references historical Jewish ties to the land.
The film, called “Jaber,” is fictional and based...
Arab countries blast Israel over Tisha B’Av Temple Mount clashes
Voices from across the Arab and Muslim world expressed outrage Sunday in the wake of violent clashes between Muslim worshippers and Israeli security forces on Temple Mount in Jerusalem on Tisha B’Av, which this...
Jordanian Waqf closes Aaron’s Tomb following ‘illegal’ Jewish prayer
Lacking explicit government permission, the Jordanian Waqf closed Aaron’s Tomb to all visitors on Thursday, after it claimed a group of Israeli tourists prayed at the site in violation of Jordanian law.
According to the...
Egyptian, Jordanian leaders meet ahead of Kushner’s arrival in the region
Jordan’s King Abdullah and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in Cairo just days before the arrival of an U.S. team in the region to discuss the Trump administration’s proposed Mideast peace plan.
According to...
Palestinians: New Israeli elections spell the end for Trump’s peace plan
According to a senior Palestinian Authority source, Israel’s new elections, currently set for Sept. 17, will postpone the presentation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan until after the 2020 elections in the...