Posts Tagged: Jordan Palestinians
Is Iran Smuggling Weapons From Jordan Into the West Bank?
JNS.org - Reports emerged in early February that Fatah’s Tanzim military arm in the West Bank has been purchasing weapons smuggled from Syria through Jordan...
What Will Happen if the Palestinian Authority Collapses?
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is on life support, due largely to decades of political intransigence and systemic corruption. Israel -- which, it must be remembered,...
Jordan Apparently Wants to Keep Control Over Jerusalem — Even if It Becomes a Palestinian Capital
Faisal al-Fayez, chairman of the Jordanian Senate, recently issued a statement on what is necessary to achieve a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: "There...
Jordan’s King Once Again Smears Israel at the UN
JNS.org - Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. His speech revealed several nuances that, I fear, too many diplomats may have failed...
Jordan Doesn’t Want a Confederation
JNS.org - The statement from Jordanian government spokeswoman Jumana Ghunaimat about Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ comments on a US suggestion of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation was short...
Regional Players Maneuver to Reconfigure the Israeli-Palestinian Landscape
A possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, may be about more than ending the ongoing, escalating violence that...
Arab States Aren’t Waiting for the Palestinians Any Longer
JNS.org - The pundits have declared that Donald Trump’s Middle East peace initiative will fail before it has even been introduced. The pundits’ predictions aside, Trump’s...
Is Jordan Burning?
JNS.org - In recent years, Israel has stood alongside Jordan against a bevy of diplomatic and security challenges -- the majority stemming from neighboring Syria...
The Danger to Jordan of a Palestinian State
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan stands to lose more than any other party from the establishment of a state of Palestine. While the potential dangers...
Jordan to Renew Passports for Palestinians in Jerusalem?
The below is from a very strange story in Medium by Daoud Kuttab: A decision by the Jordanian government to open administrative offices in Jerusalem that will allow residents of the...
Jordan’s Royal Family Doesn’t Consider Its Palestinian Citizens to Be — Citizens
This is from Jordanian Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah II's speech at the UN General Assembly last week: My country -- a resource-poor nation in a conflict-rich region -- is host to 1.3...
Why Aren’t Muslim Countries Helping the Palestinians?
JNS.org - Why aren’t Muslim countries leading givers to the Palestinian cause? That question has renewed relevance after a United Nations agency’s recent release of its list of...
Is Jordanian-Israeli Peace in Danger?
JNS.org - On the surface, Israel and Jordan appear to have peaceful, productive and sometimes even friendly relations. Their 1994 peace treaty and deepening economic ties -- including...
Jordan at the Precipice
Six months ago, Jordan's King Abdullah said that his country was "in dire straits." I just completed a week of intensive travels and discussions throughout the country, and found...
