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| May 2, 2014
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Jerusalem summons Jordanian ambassador over anti-Israel article

Jordan’s former FM Abu Jaber lashes out at Israel in ‘the Zionist big lie about Palestine – a land without a people,’ a newspaper article quoting Hitler.

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Israel summoned Jordan’s ambassador Thursday to protest an “anti-Israeli” article by a former Jordanian foreign minister, in which he based his argument on a Hitler quote, the foreign ministry said.

Dr. Kamel Abu Jaber, former Jordanian minister of foreign affairs - Photo from YouTube screenshot

Kamel Abu Jaber, former Jordanian minister of foreign affairs – Photo: YouTube screenshot

Spokesman Yigal Palmor said Israel’s embassy in Amman also sent the Foreign Ministry there an official protest over an article published on Monday by Kamel Abu Jaber in The Jordan Times. Continue Reading »

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| April 22, 2014
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Jordan Condemns Israel Over Temple Mount Restrictions

Jordanian officials summoned Israel’s Ambassador to the country to protest ‘Israeli provocations’ on the Temple Mount.

By Moshe Cohen

 

Jordan’s government-controlled Petra news agency said Monday that government officials had called in the Israeli Ambassador to the country to protest the “Israeli provocations” on the Temple Mount Sunday. Israel closed the Mount to members of the Waqf after Arab youths rioted again Sunday, throwing rocks and stones at Israeli police.

Hamas flags, Muslim Brotherhood symbols on Temple Mount – Photo: Yehuda Glick

The riots were a continuation of unrest that has been going on for several days at Judaism’s holiest site. Continue Reading »

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| April 1, 2014
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MK Isaac Herzog (Labor) meets with Jordanian king to rescue stalled peace

 

Jordan’s King Abdullah expressed hope that a way to stop the peace talks from collapsing will be found.

MK Herzog takes the opportunity to apologize for unfortunate death of Jordanian judge, killed by IDF fire.

By Ynetnews

 

Opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor) met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman on Monday to discuss the peace process.

“There is an opportunity that won’t repeat itself to reach an arrangement in the Middle East, and a formula must be found to stop the talks from blowing up,” Abdullah said.

Herzog stressed to the Jordanian king that the Labor party, and the rest of the opposition parties, all support the peace process and understand that this opportunity must not be missed. Continue Reading »

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| March 19, 2014
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Prime Minister of Jordan: ‘I won’t expel Israeli ambassador’

 

 

Jordan’s prime minister escaped a no-confidence vote by parliament Tuesday that was motivated by his government’s allegedly weak response to the killing of a Jordanian judge by Israeli soldiers.

Protests in Jordan – Photo: Facebook

The 150-member lower house renewed its confidence in Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur by an 81-29 vote, with 20 abstentions and 20 MPs absent.

Incensed by the shooting death of judge Raed Zeiter at a border crossing last week, MPs had demanded the government expel the Israeli ambassador and release Jordanian soldier Ahmad Dakamseh, who shot dead seven Israeli schoolgirls in the 1990s.

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| March 16, 2014
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Jordanian boy undergoes successful kidney transplant at Israel hospital

 

A 7 yr-old Jordanian boy receives his mother’s kidney at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, after suffering critical kidney failure.

Doctors say boy is recovering well after his complicated procedure, that was not possible in Jordanian hospitals.

By: Daniel Siryoti

 

While the Jordanian street has expressed a great deal of animosity toward Israel recently, there are also stories that occasionally inspire optimism.

Surgeons perform the kidney transplant on the Palestinian-Jordanian boy at Rambam Medical Center – Photo: Piotr Flitr

Last week, a 7-year-old Palestinian-Jordanian boy who had suffered critical kidney failure underwent a successful kidney transplant at Rambam Medical Center in Haifa.

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| March 15, 2014
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Jordan’s PM: Israel-Jordan ties too important to the Kingdom

After demonstrators demanded the treaty be annulled, Jordan’s PM Abdullah Nsur explained how the Jordan-Israel peace agreement is important to Jordan’s security.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

 

Jordan’s Prime Minister said on Friday that his country cannot cut its ties with Israel.

Protesters burn an Israeli flag near the Israeli embassy in Amman – Reuters

According to Kol Yisrael radio, Prime Minister Abdullah Nsur explained that the peace treaty with Israel was important for Jordan’s national security. He further said, according to the report, that the two countries share interests including water issues, borders, the so-called “Palestinian refugees” and Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| March 13, 2014
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Netanyahu sends sincere apology to Jordan for IDF killing of judge

After Jordanian judge was shot & killed when rushing IDF soldier at Allenby border crossing Monday, Jordanian parliamentarians demanded Israeli ambassador’s expulsion.

Israel announces joint investigation while anti-Israel demonstrators in Amman burn Israeli flags.

By Shlomo Cesana, Lilach Shoval, Daniel Siryoti and Danny Brener

 

Israel has been working to temper tensions with Jordan after a Jordanian judge was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers at the Allenby Bridge border crossing on Monday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a formal apology to Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday for the death of Raed Alaa el-Deen Za’eiter.

The funeral for Jordanian judge Raed Alaa el-Deen Za’eiter on Tuesday – Photo: AFP

Israel “regrets the death of the judge and expresses its sympathies to Jordan and its commitment to the peace treaty,” said the statement, adding that Israel would share its preliminary investigation with Jordan and would establish a joint investigation with the Jordanian authorities. Continue Reading »

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| February 26, 2014
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Jordan’s Parliament vote to expel Israeli envoy over Knesset’s Temple Mount debate

No action expected after non-binding parliamentary decision, unless Knesset accepts MK Feiglin’s recommendation that Israel proclaim sovereignty of the Temple Mount.

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Jordan’s parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to expel the Israeli ambassador and recall its own envoy, after Israeli lawmakers debated whether to declare sovereignty over the Temple Mount, which is administered by Jordanians.

Israeli flags fly in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, Feb 25, 2014.

Israeli flags fly in front of the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount, Feb 25, 2014.- Photo: Olivier Fitoussi

The vote by acclamation in Jordan’s 150-seat parliament is not binding to the cabinet, which is keen to maintain diplomatic ties with Israel.

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| February 16, 2014
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Pro-Israel, Jordanian Palestinian sentenced to life in prison, for advocating Jordan is Palestine

 

The British gov’t has granted Mudar Zahran asylum and he reports that a source inside the palace told him that King Abdullah is pushing for control of Jerusalem.

By ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
 

 

Mudar Zahran, a Palestinian writer and academic from Jordan who has written op-eds for The Jerusalem Post, was sentenced last week to life in prison with hard labor.

Mudar Zahran

Mudar Zahran – Photo: Courtesy

He also says that he has learned that the Jordanian government may seek to have him extradited to Jordan to serve his sentence.

Zahran told the Post in an interview form the UK, where he has sought refuge, that a source inside the palace told him that King Abdullah, on his visit to the US, pushed for control of Jerusalem so that Jordan would become its key ally in the region, even bypassing Israel in importance. Continue Reading »

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| January 16, 2014
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Netanyahu meets King in Amman for talks on Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative

Israel’s PM conducting quiet closed-door meetings with King Abdullah at his palace in visit that was not publicly announced.

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Jordan’s Royal Palace says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Amman for talks with the king on the latest in Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets Jordan's King Abdulla at the Royal Palace

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, meets Jordan’s King Abdulla at the Royal Palace, Aqaba, May 14, 2009. – Photo: Reuters/Haaretz Archive

The palace said in a statement to The Associated Press that Netanyahu and King Abdullah are holding talks behind closed doors today about the “developments in the peace process” and Israeli-Palestinian negotiations sponsored by the United States. Continue Reading »

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| December 18, 2013
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Jordan Protest Israel’s Newly Installed Temple Mount CC Security Cameras

Jordan expressed its outraged at Israel’s installation of closed-circuit security cameras following attacks on civilians and Israel Police, accuses Israel of violating Muslim religious freedom.

By Maayana Miskin

 

Jordan, the custodian of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, demanded on Tuesday that Israel remove surveillance cameras at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount, the AFP news agency reports.

“Jordan rejects Israel’s installation of surveillance cameras on December 8 to monitor waqf officials and worshippers, particularly women,” Information Minister Mohammad Momani told state news agency Petra.

“Jordan does not accept that Israel has set up a police station inside the compound. Continue Reading »

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| August 22, 2013
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Israel & Jordan Working on Water Deal

 

The Kingdom of Jordan, thirsty for water from the huge influx of displaced Syrian refugees, are to get Kinneret water from Israel’s north, in return for supplying desalinated water from Jordan’s soon to be built, southern Aqaba plant.

By Roi Kais

 

 

Israel and Jordan are holding advanced negotiations over water exchanges between the two sides, Ynet has learned.

The Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) – Photo: Hagai Aharon

According to the developing outline, a water desalination plant will be built in Aqaba, and Jordan will supply Israel with the product to be used in the Negev.

In return, Israel will supply Jordan with water from the Kinneret to be used in the north of the Hashemite Kingdom. Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2013
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Japan gives Israel, Jordan & Palestinians a new industrial complex in Jericho

 

Israel’s Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom said yesterday in Jericho, “The industrial sector will provide jobs to thousands of workers & is part of a series of projects whose goal is to aid the Palestinian economy & promote regional cooperation.”

By Daniel Siryoti

 

Israel, The Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Japan inaugurated a new industrial complex in Jericho on Thursday, a project funded by Japan that will bolster the Palestinian economy.

Regional Development Minister Silvan Shalom (right) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority Interior Minister Said Abu-Ali – Photo: Uri Lenz

“The industrial complex in Jericho was built for the betterment of the Palestinian economy.

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| June 29, 2013
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Amman Report: 4-way peace summit to be announced

Jordanian media reports Israel capitulates to advance peace-talks by agreeing to freeze settlements, release prisoners & define borders ahead of peace talks, according to unconfirmed Palestinian sources.

By Elior Levy

Jordanian media reported that a joint Israeli, Palestinian, American and Jordanian summit will possibly be announced soon, in a move which will signal the restarting of the stalled peace process.

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Netanyahu, Kerry earlier this week – Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO

According to the reports, which cite Palestinian sources, the Americans told the Palestinian side on Friday that Israel agreed to their preconditions of settlement construction freeze, prisoners’ release and defining the borders on which basis the negotiations will be held, though these will be implemented gradually, and not all at once. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2013
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Israeli & Jordanian students learn Medicine to save lives together

After 3 years of studies, joint Jordanian & Israeli emergency medical program at the Ben Gurion University, graduates their first class of  paramedics, in the hope it will increase Israel-Arab cooperation in natural disasters or other regional emergencies.

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit

 

 

 

Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) graduated its first class of Jordanian and Israeli students who completed a special joint-emergency medicine BA program earlier this year. The first graduating class at the Israel-Jordan Academic Emergency Medicine Collaboration included 54 graduates who spent three years studying emergency medicine and medical response.

Dr. Mohammed al-Hadid at left signing diplomas with BGU Rector Prof. Zvi Hacohen Photo: Yoav Galai

Dr. Mohammed al-Hadid at left signing diplomas with BGU Rector Prof.

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