Tag: Jordan
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...
Jordanian king to Kushner: Palestinian state only possible on pre-1967 lines
Jordanian King Abdullah told White House senior adviser and presidential son-in law Jared Kushner on Wednesday that a Palestinian state can only be created along the border lines that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War.
“His...
In anticipation of Mideast peace plan, Jordanian press calls for third intifada
Ahead of the announcement of the American Middle East peace plan being called the “deal of the century,” and in light of concerns in Jordan that the deal may threaten the kingdom’s stability, scathing...
Jordan’s King Abdullah seeks regional prestige and standing … at Israel’s expense
At the recent Washington Institute for Near East Policy dinner, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner voiced confidence in his upcoming proposal to resolve the seemingly intractable Arab-Israeli conflict, calling it “realistic” and “executable.”...
Children’s indoctrination: Jordanian boy pledges to be martyred for Jerusalem in viral video
On April 7, the Gaza TV Media YouTube account posted a video of a small Jordanian boy volunteering to go to Jerusalem and die as a martyr. In the video, the boy, Amir Al-Khasawne,...
Jordanians give substantial control of the Temple Mount to Palestinians
Jordan has expanded a council that administers Muslim institutions on the Temple Mount, giving Palestinians 40 percent of the seats for the first time in a body previously reserved for trusted individuals close to...
GOP senators introduce new sanctions on Syria, boost security cooperation with Israel and Jordan
On the first day of the 116th Congress on Thursday, Republican senators introduced legislation to impose fresh sanctions on Syria as well as boosting security cooperation with Israel and Jordan amid the announced gradual withdrawal of...