Posts Tagged: Jordan
Jordan Renews Request to Build a Fifth Minaret on the Temple Mount
JNS.org - Jordan has asked Israel to allow it to build a fifth minaret on the Temple Mount at the eastern wall facing the Mount...
Jordanian Law Permits the Murder of Israelis
Jordanian soldier Ahmad Mussa Dakasma, the murderer of seven Israeli schoolgirls in Naharayim on March 13, 1997, was released from prison in March 2017 after...
Don’t Use the Temple Mount to Placate Jordan
JNS.org - Israel’s upcoming negotiations with Jordan about renewing the lease agreements for the lands in the Jordan Valley and in the Arava Desert may...
Israel Keeps a Wary Eye on Iranian Entrenchment as Syrian Border Crossing Reopens
The recent reopening of a border crossing between Israel and Syria holds the hope of stability for Israel as the Syrian war draws to a...
A Jordanian Move Spells Weakness
JNS.org - The late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin saw the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan as one of his most important diplomatic achievements, if...
Israel Says to Negotiate Border Land Lease Extension With Jordan
Israel will negotiate with Jordan an extension of a 25-year Israeli lease of border land under a 1994 peace treaty, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
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...
Abbas: Trump Envoys Asked Me About a Confederation With Jordan
President Donald Trump's Middle East envoys reportedly proposed the idea of establishing a confederation between Jordan and the Palestinian territories in a meeting with Palestinian...
Jordan to Lead Fundraising for UN Palestinian Agency After US Cuts
Jordan said on Thursday it would lead a campaign to raise funds for the UN agency that supports Palestinian refugees, to help it survive after...
Eight Years Late, Palestinian Mail Arrives in West Bank
Palestinians in the West Bank are about to receive a special delivery of more than 10 tons of mail that has been delayed by Israel...
Terrorism Strikes Jordan
JNS.org - Over the past two years, Jordan has enjoyed relative quiet on the terror front. The last terror attack was at Karak Castle in...
Leading US Jewish Groups: Kushner’s Push to Reform UNRWA ‘Long Overdue’
US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner’s push to reform the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) is a welcome development, a number of...
Jordanian Lawmaker Praises Late Mother Who Wished to ‘Blow Herself Up Among Zionist Jews’
A member of the Jordanian Parliament praised her late mother on Tuesday for wishing "to don an explosives belt and blow herself up among the Zionist...
