Posts Tagged: Jordan
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...
Protests in Jordan: Revisiting the Arab Spring
The recent protests that forced Jordan’s prime minister to resign and laid bare the country’s systemic economic and political crisis have shed new light on the root...
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...
Jordanian PM Rejects Demands to Scrap Tax Law After Protests
Jordan's prime minister refused to scrap an IMF-backed tax reform bill on Saturday that has sparked the largest protests in over five years against steep...
Report: Israel, Iran Reach Back-Channel Understandings on Syria Operation
JNS.org – Israel and Iran recently used back channels to reach behind-the-scenes understandings over Syrian maneuvers in the southern Golan Heights, Saudi media reported Sunday. According to the...
Arab Commentators Seek to Explain Why Israel Is So Far Ahead of Other Middle East States
Over the past several months, a series of Arab commentators have sought to explain why Israel appears so far ahead of the Arab world in...
A Prayer at the Threshold of the Temple Mount
As I stood at the threshold of the Temple Mount, I internally said the Shehecheyanu -- the Blessing of Praise. Even though I was only...
Jordan Says It Arrests 17 in Foiled Islamic State Attack Plot
Jordan said on Monday it had foiled an Islamic State plot that included plans for a series of attacks last November on security installations, shopping...
Jordan Royal Palace Denies Rumors About Dismissal of Princes
Jordan's royal palace warned it would take legal measures against anyone spreading what it said were lies about the ruling family, just days after King...
Arab States Reportedly Irate at PA Leader Abbas Over Response to Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition Move
Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt are incensed at Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas over his reaction to US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as...
Arab States Believe US Aid Secure, Despite Defying Trump on Jerusalem at UN
Leading Arab allies threatened with cuts in aid by Donald Trump said on Friday they had no choice but to defy the US president over...
The ‘Jordan-Is-Palestine’ Conference — Why I Agreed to Participate
"Palestine and Transjordan are one, for Palestine is the coastline and Transjordan is the hinterland of the same country." - King Abdullah, Cairo, April 12, 1948. "Jordanians and...
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...
Palestinian Terrorist Rasmea Odeh to Be Deported From US to Jordan
JNS.org – Rasmea Odeh, a 69-year-old convicted Palestinian terrorist, had her US citizenship revoked by a federal court on Thursday. She will be deported from the...
