January 29, 2017
8:03 pm

Illustrative image of a watchtower on the Jordanian-Israeli border, February 22, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Jordan court sentences man to 5 years, forced labor for plan to kill Israelis

Man caught trying to cross border south of Sea of Galilee said he had wanted to join ‘jihad’ to help Palestinians

By Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2017
5:23 pm

King of Jordan Abdullah II bin Al Hussein addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 20, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)

Jordan king to visit US, 3 days after Trump’s refugee ban

Abdullah II to meet with administration officials, members of Congress; no reports of meeting scheduled with president

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2017
5:48 am

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray gives a foreign policy speech after US President Donald Trump vowed to start renegotiating North American trade ties, in Mexico City on January 23, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / RONALDO SCHEMIDT)

‘Disappointed’ Mexico rebukes Israel over Trump wall praise

‘Mexico is Israel’s friend and should be treated as such,’ officials say after Netanyahu appears to hail US president’s border plan

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

January 29, 2017
12:34 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours the new fence along the Jordanian border with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot (left) and the head of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen Eyal Zamir, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Facing Mexico’s fury, Israel backtracks on Trump border wall praise

Spokesperson says Netanyahu’s statement declaring US southern barrier a ‘great idea’ is not a comment on US-Mexico relations

By Times of Israel staff

January 28, 2017
6:48 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meeting at the Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Prime Minister's Office)

Netanyahu: Trump right about building wall, ‘great success’ in Israel

Writing in English on Twitter, PM says the recently built fence on Egypt border ‘stopped all illegal immigration’

By Times of Israel staff

January 27, 2017
8:55 am

US President Donald Trump discusses the potential transfer of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in an interview to Fox News on January 26, 2017 (screen capture: YouTube)

Trump: ‘Too early’ to talk of moving embassy to Jerusalem

President says US ties with Israel were fixed as soon as he took office; cites West Bank security barrier as successful example of wall,

By Times of Israel staff

January 26, 2017
5:31 pm

Israelis waiting for US visas line up at the US Embassy in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: AP/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi/File)

IDF: Proposed US embassy move not roiling Palestinian street

Intelligence officer: Palestinians more concerned about the Gaza Strip’s electricity woes than ‘who sits in the White House’

By Judah Ari Gross

January 25, 2017
10:40 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with King Abdullah II of Jordan during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 25, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Alexander Nemenov)

Putin, Jordan’s Abdullah talk Syrian peace push

Leaders praise each other for efforts to reach settlement, as Lavrov prepares for talks with Assad’s opposition

By Times of Israel staff and AFP

January 24, 2017
5:45 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes King Abdullah II of Jordan (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on October 2, 2014. (Sergei Ilnitsky/AFP photo)

Jordan’s king to visit Moscow for Syria talks

Royal palace says Abdullah’s meeting with Putin will focus on Syrian crisis, Israeli-Palestinian peace process

By AFP

January 23, 2017
1:43 pm

Jibril Rajoub at a press conference in Ramallah, February 12, 2014. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)

Senior Palestinian official: Moving US embassy ‘a declaration of war’ on Muslims

Jibril Rajoub threatens ‘consequences’ if new president presses ahead with Jerusalem move; other officials say PA could ask UN to suspend Israel’s membership

By Avi Issacharoff

January 22, 2017
8:45 pm

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before a meeting at the Royal Palace in Amman on November 12, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI)

Abbas meets Jordanian king on possible US embassy move

Meanwhile, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh heads to Cairo for talks as he drums up support to lead terror group’s political bureau

By Avi Issacharoff

January 21, 2017
3:55 pm

A still image from a July 2016 video showing Rukban refugee camp on the Syrian-Jordanian border (screen capture: YouTube)

4 die in bombing at refugee camp on Syria’s Jordan border

Explosion in car occurs at isolated makeshift site that UN says houses some 85,000 Syrians

By AFP

January 15, 2017
4:27 pm

Jordanian King Abdullah II (C) arrives for a meeting at the Jordanian Royal Palace in Amman on January 15, 2017.(AFP PHOTO / POOL / Khalil MAZRAAWI)

Jordan interior, foreign ministers unseated in reshuffle

Long-serving FM Nasser Judeh cast aside in second shakeup since September

By AFP

January 11, 2017
10:13 pm

Donald Trump and attorney David Friedman exit the Federal Building, following an appearance in US Bankruptcy Court on February 25, 2010, in Camden, New Jersey. (Bradley C Bower/Bloomberg News, via Getty Images / JTA)

Over 100 Congressional Republicans sign call for Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem

In letter circulating among lawmakers, incoming president urged to take ‘swift action’ to relocate to Israel’s ‘eternal capital’

By Eric Cortellessa

January 9, 2017
10:12 am

Jordanian security forces are seen on December 19, 2016 during the funeral of victims who were killed a day earlier in an attack at in Karak. (AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)

Castle attack exposes Jordan’s vulnerability to IS threat

Recent shooting rampage at popular tourist site could signal increasing efforts by jihadists to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom

By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh

Topic: Jordan

Jordan court sentences man to 5 years, forced labor for plan to kill Israelis

Man caught trying to cross border south of Sea of Galilee said he had wanted to join ‘jihad’ to help Palestinians

Jordan king to visit US, 3 days after Trump’s refugee ban

Abdullah II to meet with administration officials, members of Congress; no reports of meeting scheduled with president

‘Disappointed’ Mexico rebukes Israel over Trump wall praise

‘Mexico is Israel’s friend and should be treated as such,’ officials say after Netanyahu appears to hail US president’s border plan

Facing Mexico’s fury, Israel backtracks on Trump border wall praise

Spokesperson says Netanyahu’s statement declaring US southern barrier a ‘great idea’ is not a comment on US-Mexico relations

Netanyahu: Trump right about building wall, ‘great success’ in Israel

Writing in English on Twitter, PM says the recently built fence on Egypt border ‘stopped all illegal immigration’

Trump: ‘Too early’ to talk of moving embassy to Jerusalem

President says US ties with Israel were fixed as soon as he took office; cites West Bank security barrier as successful example of wall,

IDF: Proposed US embassy move not roiling Palestinian street

Intelligence officer: Palestinians more concerned about the Gaza Strip’s electricity woes than ‘who sits in the White House’

Putin, Jordan’s Abdullah talk Syrian peace push

Leaders praise each other for efforts to reach settlement, as Lavrov prepares for talks with Assad’s opposition

Jordan’s king to visit Moscow for Syria talks

Royal palace says Abdullah’s meeting with Putin will focus on Syrian crisis, Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Senior Palestinian official: Moving US embassy ‘a declaration of war’ on Muslims

Jibril Rajoub threatens ‘consequences’ if new president presses ahead with Jerusalem move; other officials say PA could ask UN to suspend Israel’s membership

Abbas meets Jordanian king on possible US embassy move

Meanwhile, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh heads to Cairo for talks as he drums up support to lead terror group’s political bureau

4 die in bombing at refugee camp on Syria’s Jordan border

Explosion in car occurs at isolated makeshift site that UN says houses some 85,000 Syrians

Jordan interior, foreign ministers unseated in reshuffle

Long-serving FM Nasser Judeh cast aside in second shakeup since September

Over 100 Congressional Republicans sign call for Trump to move embassy to Jerusalem

In letter circulating among lawmakers, incoming president urged to take ‘swift action’ to relocate to Israel’s ‘eternal capital’

Castle attack exposes Jordan’s vulnerability to IS threat

Recent shooting rampage at popular tourist site could signal increasing efforts by jihadists to destabilize the pro-Western kingdom

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