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Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Mordechai Kedar: Is Jordan 'The Alternative Homeland'?

By Dr. Mordechai Kedar

Since its establishment, the Kingdom of Jordan has suffered from a split personality between two identities, the Jordanian and the Palestinian, that are intertwined like a pair of Siamese twins who hate one another, but cannot part from each other. The source of the problem is the fact that most of the citizens of the Hashemite Jordanian monarchy define themselves as "Palestinians", but their state is "Jordanian". So how should they relate to it - as their country or as a foreign interloper?

News Briefs

King Abdullah II to US Jews: Peace Delay Israel's Fault

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Jordinian state news agency Petra says His Majesty King Abdullah II told a delegation of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations CPMAJO on Tuesday that Israel's unilateral policies, including measures to change the identity of Jerusalem and threaten its holy sites, constitute a major obstacle to resumption of peace efforts. The […]

Analysis / Khaled Abu Toameh

Jordan's King Abdullah Needs to Wake Up - Fast

By Khaled Abu Toameh

Jordan has recently witnessed weekly demonstrations calling for far-reaching reforms and an end to financial corruption. King Abdullah did not take the protests seriously at first, but is now desperate to restore calm and order; going as far as ordering the arrest of some of his most trusted officials.

News Briefs

Mashaal On Official Hamas Visit to Jordan

By Jewish Press Staff

Trip is Jordan is Mashaal's first since being expelled in 1999.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu on Continuing Peace Talks With Palestinians: 'Signs Are Not Good'

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu blames Palestinians for failure of recent negotiations in Amman, Jordan.

Israel

Peace Talks Over, Abbas Says

By Sam Ser

Even before the meeting on Wednesday, PA and Israeli officials declared the talks fruitless, with each side trying to portray the other as the recalcitrant one.

News Briefs

Report: Palestinians Demand Prisoner Release to Continue Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

The Palestinians are reportedly seeking the deportation of Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Sa'adat.

News Briefs

Report: Jordan Considering Diplomatic Sanctions on Israel Over Palestinians

By Jewish Press Staff

King Abdullah reportedly hinted at such measures to get Abbas to talks in Amman.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan Sends Back Israeli New Year's Letter in Protest

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has rejected the New Year’s wishes of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, sending the letter back because it called Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel.

News Briefs

Return to Sender: Knesset Speaker Rivlin's New Years Greeting 'Biased,' 'Political'

By Jewish Press Staff

Jordan's Speaker of Parliament blasts Rivlin's New Years greeting as racist.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan's Queen Orders Solid Gold Shoes as King Pushes Two-State Solution

By Malkah Fleisher

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan has commissioned a jeweler in Calcutta, India to make shoes for her out of gold.

News Briefs

US Congresswoman Urges Jordan to Appoint Ambassador to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen met with Jordan's King on his recent trip to Washington.

News Briefs

Syria UPDATE: Obama calls on Assad to resign; Russia to block UN Resolution

By Jewish Press Staff

Approximately 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian government crackdown.

News Briefs

Israel, Palestinian Officials Meet Again in Jordan

By Jewish Press Staff

Third meeting in Amman yields agreement to meet again.

News Briefs

Mohammad Dahlan's Assets Seized in Jordan

By Jewish Press Staff

Jordanian action taken at the request of PA leadership.

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Serials

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