Posts Tagged: King of Jordan
Jordan Is the Reason There Is No Palestinian State and Minorities Are Threatened
After hearing what Jordan’s King Abdullah II had to say at this year’s meeting of the United Nations General Assembly two weeks ago, I didn’t...
Domestic and Regional Fissures Collide in Jordan
Differences over socioeconomic policies, governance, and last year’s normalization of relations between Israel, the UAE, and three other Arab states, as well as leadership of the Muslim...
Jordan’s Double Game With Israel
In an unusual and particularly outrageous declaration, Jordanian MP Tarek Khoury recently called on Jordanians to blow up pipelines that are supposed to bring natural...
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...
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...
King Abdullah’s Everyday Lies
This interview with Jordan's King Abdullah -- from the Petra News Agency (and posted on the Jordanian embassy's website) -- is clearly meant for an American audience: Jordan News Agency: Your Majesty, when it...
Jordan’s King at UN: Jews ‘Attacking’ Jerusalem Holy Sites
King Abdullah of Jordan said this in his speech to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday: Safeguarding Jerusalem is a key concern...the Holy City; a strategic linchpin not...
Preparing for the Fall of Jordan
As the bloodshed in Syria continues with no end in sight, more and more eyes are beginning to focus on Syria's formerly stable southern neighbor,...
