Feb 01, 2021
Writing the next chapter of the Abraham Accords
By Dr Majid Al Sarrah, Dr Nir Boms, Dr Najat Al Saied and Dan Feferman. The Abraham Accords, which brought about normalization and a quick warming of relations between Israel…
Nov 15, 2020
Sign Accords, Get Weapons
Where Peace Dividends Have Wings By Amir Oren Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was obviously at least half-joking when he cracked that his department would ensure a smooth transition to…
Apr 17, 2020
Jordan easing coronavirus restrictions
Jordanian shopping mall supermarkets have reopened after receiving authorization from government leaders. Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said that some aspects of the tight lockdown the Hashemite Kingdom imposed to…
Apr 03, 2020
Jordan enacts extreme measures to thwart corona spread
Jordan is now implementing extraordinary measures to thwart the coronavirus outbreak. There are currently only 299 infected individuals. Whereas the Hashemite Kingdom has been conducting far fewer than the daily…
Apr 01, 2020
Jordan opens field hospitals to counter coronavirus outbreak
Jordan's Ministry of Health has confirmed 274 cases and five deaths from the coronavirus. The Jordanian Medical Association has opened field hospitals where urgent medical cases aside from COVID-19 can…
Mar 24, 2020
COVID-19: Jordan enforces army-imposed curfew
Jordan has indefinitely extended its curfew amid ongoing concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. King Abdullah II invoked an emergency decree giving the government sweeping powers to enforce an…
Dec 03, 2019
Jordanian drill simulates war with Israel
The Jordanian Armed Forces held a wide-scale military drill in which an attack was simulated against ‘territory to the west.’ Even though the “Swords of Karama” exercise did not explicitly…
Nov 29, 2019
Israeli President & Jordanian Prince met in secret
Against the backdrop of a perceived crisis in relations between their two nations, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin held unexpected talks with Jordanian Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad in London earlier this…
Nov 12, 2019
Jordanian King visits newly annexed border-enclave Baqoura
Jordan’s King Abdullah the Second, paid his first visit to his Kingdom’s border-enclave of Baqoura, one day after his announced decision to end a 25-year arrangement that allowed Israeli farmers…
Nov 11, 2019
Jordan claims sovereignty over Naharayim and Tzofar
Just two weeks after the 25th anniversary of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty, and consequently the end of Jerusalem’s control over two border-territories, Ghumar and Al-Baqoura or Tzofar and Naharayim in…