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| December 4, 2012
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Jordanian King to Visit Ramallah to Help Abbas Establish ‘State of Palestine’

Jordan’s King Abdullah II is set to arrive in Ramallah for a visit. 

The King is the 1st Arab leader to visit since the PA was granted an upgraded status at the UN General Assembly.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

Jordan’s King Abdullah is set to arrive in Ramallah on Thursday on the first visit of an Arab leader to the area since the Palestinian Authority was granted UN recognition as a non-member observer state.

Jordan's King Abdullah meets with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas

Jordan’s King Abdullah meets with PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas – Reuters

“King Abdullah will visit the state of Palestine the day after tomorrow, on Thursday, in the first visit by a top official to the Palestinian state after we received UN recognition,” Nimr Hammad, political adviser to Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmud Abbas, told AFP on Tuesday. Continue Reading »

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| November 14, 2012
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Palestinian refugees in Jordan long to return to Israel

PA President Abbas’ recent comments regarding the “right of return” on Israeli TV frustrate Palestinian refugees in Jordan

By ADAM NICKY/THE MEDIA LINE

BAQAA CAMP, JORDAN – The aroma of toasted coffee mixes with sounds of vendors shouting from behind shabby stalls in the market of the Baqaa camp for Palestinian refugees.

A Palestinian laborer in Amman, Jordan [file] - Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

A Palestinian laborer in Amman, Jordan – Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Young students chase each other as they run to catch the morning school assembly, as hundreds of residents hurriedly pass stalls laden with fruits, vegetables, sweets and shoes.

It’s another day in this congested camp, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the Middle East and one of 13 camps in the kingdom.

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| November 13, 2012
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Jordanian textbooks name Israel on their maps…but not Palestine

A few Maps featured in two new textbooks distributed among Jordanian school kids fail to mark Palestine and the Hashemite Kingdom,  but includes Israel

By Roi Kais

 

Two textbooks given out to Jordanian school children caused an uproar among anti-Zionist groups in the Hashemite Kingdom recently by listing Israel on the map of the Middle East – but failing to include Jordan and Palestine.

The textbooks, which were distributed by the Jordanian education ministry among students in grades one through 12, teach students about health; but a drawn map featured on some of the pages seems to relay a skewed lesson in geography: While Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Iraq are all marked, Jordan isn’t. Continue Reading »

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| October 31, 2012
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PLO leader behind Jordan’s annexation of West Bank

PLO’s Kaddoumi tells ‘Al-Quds Al-Arabi: ‘New proposal suggests establishment of a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation’

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A senior leader of the Palestinian Liberation Organization expressed support for a new proposal for Jordan’s annexation of the West Bank, in an interview with the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi.

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags -Photo: REUTERS/Ali Jarekji

Man yells in front of Palestinian, Jordanian flags – Photo: REUTERS/Ali

PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi, a founding member of the PLO, said the move would involve the establishment of a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation.

He supported the initiative, asserting that if the idea was brought to fruition it would result in a positive development.He stressed that the West Bank must remain Palestinian land, and that Jordan would need to assure full Palestinians rights, as well as the right of return.

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| October 8, 2012
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Palestinian attempts smuggling 3 snakes into Israel from Jordan

Border guards discover rare snakes in Palestinian’s luggage

Smuggler taken into custody, snakes transferred to Parks Authority

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

Security guards on the Israeli border with Jordan were surprised on Sunday during a routine security check, when the X-ray machine used to check luggage, suddenly revealed three snakes that were hidden in the bag of a Palestinian man from Ramallah.

הנחשים שנמצאו בתוך התיק (צילום: משטרת ישראל)

Snakes found in Palestinian’s bag – Photo: Israel Police

The guards asked the man to open his luggage, and in it they found a plastic box with three rare snakes. The man attempted to smuggle the snakes into Israel. Continue Reading »

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| October 5, 2012
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Islamists by the thousands hit the streets to demonstrate in Jordan

Hours after Jordan’s King Abdullah II dissolves parliament, thousands of Islamists demonstrate in central Amman to demand reforms.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Thousands of Islamists demonstrated in central Amman to demand reforms on Friday, just hours after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early polls without any major political change, AFP reported.

King Abdullah II

King Abdullah II
AFP/File

“We demand constitutional reform before the people revolt. The people want to reform the regime,” the demonstrators chanted in the demonstration held outside Al-Husseini mosque in downtown Amman.

AFP correspondents estimated the crowd to number 15,000.

“Democratic electoral law, constitutional changes, parliamentary governments, independent judiciary, constitutional court, effective anti-corruption efforts and preventing security services from interfering in political life,” read a large banner carried by protesters spelling out their demands. Continue Reading »

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| September 21, 2012
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Washington Warns Israel That Striking Iran May Affect Peace

U.S. officials recently alerted Jerusalem that Jordan & Egypt may annul their peace treaties with Israel if it attacks Iran.

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. officials recently warned Israel that Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with the Jewish State if it carries out a preemptive strike against Iran, AFP reported on Thursday based on a report in the Yediot Achronot daily newspaper.

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights – AFP/Jack Guez

Quoting a high-level Israeli official, the newspaper said Washington had warned the Jewish state that Arab leaders would not be able to control an angry public backlash if Israel were to mount an attack on Iran. Continue Reading »

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| August 24, 2012
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Jordanian ‘paralympians’ suspected of sexual assault in Ireland

Jordan says trainer & power-lifters  pulled from London Paralympics after being arrested in Ireland for allegedly assaulting teenage girls

By Associated Press

 

Jordan pulled three squad members accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland out of the 2012 London Paralympics on Thursday, sports officials in Amman said.

The 3 ‘suspects’: Omar Sami Qaradhi, age 31, Motaz Al Junaidi, age 45, and trainer Faisal Hammash, 35.

The Jordanian Paralympic Committee said the three men — two Paralympic power-lifters and a trainer — will be flown home later on Thursday but that they will be returned to court in Northern Ireland on Oct. Continue Reading »

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| August 12, 2012
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Islamic Jihadist Suggests to Iran, Uprising in Jordan Will Crush Israel

Islamic Jihad official, Abu Sharif, tells Iran that a popular uprising in Jordan could break the last part of Israel’s “security chain.”

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

An Islamic Jihad official told Iran that a popular uprising in Jordan would break the last part of Israel’s security chain.”

Abu Sharif stressed that the recent popular uprisings in the region have harmed the interests of Israel, according to the Iran’s controlled Fars News Agency.

Soldiers patrol Jordanian border

Soldiers patrol Jordanian border
Israel news photo: IDF spokesmen

“These developments (popular uprisings) in the region are in the interest of the regional nations and against the interests of the Zionist regime and have disturbed the power balance between the supporters and opponents of the Zionist regime,” Abu Sharif said. Continue Reading »

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| August 10, 2012
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Dore Gold’s analysis : Meanwhile, in Jordan…

King Abdullah has to juggle between the Jordanian Bedouin who feel economically deprived and the Palestinians who want more political power.

By Dore Gold

International attention over the Arab uprisings has been naturally drawn in recent weeks to Egypt and especially Syria. Yet, Jordan is clearly the Arab state whose internal stability affects Israel’s security most directly. From a purely geographic standpoint, Israel’s border with Jordan is its longest international boundary. King Abdullah has managed to assure his kingdom’s security and avoid the kind of internal disruptions that have afflicted most of his neighbors though he had to deal with a wave of protests in the spring of 2011.

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| July 11, 2012
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NY Times Claims Israel ‘Took’ Yesha from Jordan in 1967

A NY Times editorial rewrites history: Israel “took” Judea and Samaria from Jordan in 1967, when Jordan fled the areas in the Six Day war.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

A New York Times editorial Tuesday rewrites history and claims Israel “took” Judea and Samaria from Jordan in 1967, when Jordan fled the areas after joining other Arab nations as they converged on Israel in the Six Day War.

3-D Yesha Map

3-D Yesha Map – Myesha.org.il

The editorial lambasted Israel in last week’s non-binding report by a government-appointed judicial panel, which contradicted the international community’s claim that Israel is an “occupier” and that it is illegal for Jewish communities to exist in Judea and Samaria. Continue Reading »

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| June 5, 2012
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Jewish Tourists Stoned in Jordan over ‘Provocative Hats’

Arabic websites say religious Jewish visitors to Kerak were attacked with shoes and rocks.

 

Arabs in Kerak, Jordan, attacked Jewish tourists because they wore “provocative hats” and other items of clothing worn by religious Jews, according to Arab websites.

The incident took place Sunday afternoon, when a group of Jews visited the Jordanian tourist site, where a Crusader castle is located along with other attractions.

According to Al Jazeera, as translated by bloggers, “Salem Jeradat – who owns a grocery in the town – was surprised Sunday afternoon by a delegation of Jewish men and women who were wearing the clothing of religious Jews, which led him to throw his shoes at them.” Continue Reading »

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| May 31, 2012
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Jordanian parliament votes to suspend nuclear power program

Lawmakers decide to halt program due to financial worries and amid rising anti-nuclear movement in the Jordan.

Jordanian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to suspend the country’s nuclear power program due to worries over financing – bringing to a halt a project prioritized by Amman as a solution to the country’s chronic energy woes.

Jordanian parliamentarians voted to suspend both the country’s first ever nuclear reactor and uranium-mining activities, pending the completion of economic feasibility studies in light of what they said was officials’ “misleading” claims over project financing.

Jordan's King Abdullah speaks in Amman, February 20, 2011.

Jordan's King Abdullah speaks in Amman - Photo by Reuters

Under the Jordanian constitution, the motion is legally binding. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2012
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Jordan PM quits 6 months into reform mandate

King Abdullah II replaces Khasawneh with former PM Fayez Tarawneh. Islamic Action Front: Security services, siege mentality won

 

Jordan‘s Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh resigned on Thursday, barely six months after forming a reform-mandated government to bring in political and economic change in the country.

King Abdullah II replaced Khasawneh, who was in Turkey, with Fayez Tarawneh, 63, who was prime minister and royal court chief in the late 1990s.

King Abdullah Photo: Reuters

King Abdullah of Jordan - Photo: REUTERS

The king “asked Fayez Tarawneh to form a new government after the resignation of Khasawneh today,” a senior official told AFP.

Khasawneh, 62, an International Court of Justice judge, formed his cabinet in October, becoming the third premier in 2011, saying he had “received guarantees from the king to have full sovereignty as prime minister.” Continue Reading »

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| April 22, 2012
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In Egypt and Jordan, Brotherhood feels the heat

Analysis: Islamist movement finds journey to power may be more difficult than expected.

 

The euphoria with which the West first welcomed the Middle East revolts has long subsided, as Islamists’ electoral victories across the region spark fears that the “Arab Spring” has devolved into an Islamic winter. But developments in Egypt and Jordan last week have forced the region’s oldest and largest Islamist group – the Muslim Brotherhood – to wonder whether the road to political rule may be bumpier than anticipated.
This week, the Egyptian Brotherhood’s presidential ambitions suffered a blow when the country’s electoral committee disqualified its main candidate, Khairat al-Shater, over a prior criminal conviction.
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