Tag Archives: Jordan

PA President Abbas “appears to dramatically depart from longstanding insistence on a two-state solution”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Abbas voices support for tripartite ‘confederation’ with Israel and Jordan by Raphael Ahren September 2, 2018 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has voiced interest in a tripartite confederation with Jordan and Israel, in what would appear a … Continue reading

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Former Jordan PM: ‘we’ll take’ Haifa if we can despite peace treaty

JNS Ex-Jordanian prime minister: ‘If we ever become stronger, we will take Haifa by force’ by MEMRI August 30, 2018 Former Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelsalam Al-Majali defended the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty, saying: “My mentality is a mentality of peace,” and … Continue reading

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Kushner: UNRWA “perpetuates the status quo, is corrupt, inefficient and doesn’t help peace”

I24NEWS Kushner plans to scrap special Palestinian refugee agency: report August 4, 2018 Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law, has been actively working to end the special refugee status of nearly five million Palestinians through the … Continue reading

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“Washington and Western powers scrambled to coordinate the U.N., Israel and Jordan as crisis worsened on Golan and Syrian regime closed in”

JERUSALEM POST Inside Israel’s Secret and Unprecedented Rescue of Syria’s White Helmets by Seth J. Frantzman July 23, 2018 An operation of this type had never been done before. Evacuating hundreds of people from Syria into Israel with the support … Continue reading

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“Israel, Iran engage in indirect negotiations over Syria fighting”

DAILY MAIL Israel and Iran ‘hold negotiations over Syria in adjacent hotel rooms with a mediator passing messages between them’ by George Martin May 28, 2018 Israel and Iran have reportedly held a secret meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation … Continue reading

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“Jordanian state media says Israel expressed “deep regrets and apologies” over death of Jordanians shot by Israeli embassy guard”

ISRAEL HAYOM Jordan and Israel defuse crisis over deadly embassy shooting by Staff January 19, 2018 Jordan said on Thursday that Israel had formally apologized for the deaths of two of its citizens killed by an Israeli security guard last July in an incident that soured ties and led … Continue reading

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“Territories taken from the Islamic State should not be surrendered to the Islamic Republic”

WASHINGTON TIMES The battle for the lands of the caliphate by Clifford D. May November 22, 2017 Soon after taking office, President Trump ordered his national security advisers to provide “a complete strategic review of our policy toward the rogue regime in Iran.” … Continue reading

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Two opinions from the UK on Israel: One blames the Jews, the other acknowledges Jordan as the future Palestinian state

ARUTZ SHEVA UK backs Israel and Jordan solution by David Singer November 11, 2017 Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has acknowledged that Jordan and Israel represent the only viable “two state solution” that can end the Arab-Jewish conflict. Writing in … Continue reading

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Metal detectors at the Temple Mount will be removed; Israel and Jordan end diplomatic standoff following Sunday attack

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israeli cabinet decides to remove metal detectors from Temple Mount by Staff July 25, 2017 Israel ministers overnight Tuesday decided that the metal detectors set up outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem — in the wake of … Continue reading

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“Washington and Moscow finalizing accord on cessation of hostilities in country’s southwest, with nod from Jerusalem, Amman”

TIMES OF ISRAEL South Syria truce seeks to allay Israel, Jordan fears about Iran by Karen Laub July 8, 2017 A separate truce for southern Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, is meant to help allay growing concerns by … Continue reading

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