The former crown prince, who was placed under house arrest following reports of a coup attempt, signed the letter after meeting with Prince Hassan, the king’s uncle, and other princes.
In the wake of the "Arab Spring," winds of change and revision were beginning to blow in Jordan as well, and the largest and most organized body involved was the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The Palestinian Authority has been boycotting the Trump administration since December 2017, which is why Kushner and Greenblatt will likely skip Ramallah this time.
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163 passports belonging Jordanian citizens who requested a visa to Israel are locked away in a safe of the shuttered Israeli embassy in Jordan.
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The Jordan Times' version of the King Abdullah's announcement Saturday already scrubbed out the anti-Semitic tidbit, but it was clear that the King is stressed enough by recent events to shake out the ant-Jewish genie in the bottle.
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Last year the Waqf requested an increase from 600 to 670 agents, but then the Jordanian opposition parties demanded an increase to 800 agents and King Abdullah gave in.
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The Abu Gosh family immigrated to Jordan from the Israeli Arab village of Abu Gosh, located on the main highway to Jerusalem.
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There was absolutely no new policy idea in the Trump speech Monday night, but there was an implied promise to encourage all levels of law enforcement to be less restrained in pursuing their targets.
Parliament Speaker Atef Tarawneh announced that the Jordanian Parliament has refused to approve the attendance of an Israeli delegation at an international summit held in Jordan this week.
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The idea makes such good sense, one wonders how come they haven’t thought about it before… but, of course, they have.
Police have confirmed they found pipe bombs that could be filled with explosives at the Al-Aqsa mosque, .
An Al Aqsa NGO official responds: "The Temple Mount is not part of Israel." PA accuses Erdan of "racism."
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Israel’s ambassador to Jordan suggested that King Abdullah’s recent rants against Israel stems from pressure by Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt.
The very word "hero" was used by the Jordanian justice minister in joining the chorus calling for the release of a convicted terrorist.
Jordanian-Palestinian activist Mudar Zahran says King Abdullah is seeking to save Himself by colluding with Islamists, Iran and Assad
The conflict between the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood and its allies and the self-described Alawites is the rupture in "broken" Syria – and it is not new.
According to its peace treaty with Jordan, Israel recognizes Jordan's role as custodian of Muslim sites in Jerusalem, but that role is not to "prevent the Judaization of Jerusalem."
