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The agreement signed between Saudi Arabia and Iran under Chinese auspices on 6 March aroused much interest in the Arab world, the Middle East and the world in general. It came after a diplomatic break between the two countries in 2016, with a statement that confirmed: “It is a response to the Chinese president’s initiative […]
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Does the Saudi-Iran agreement reflect the change in China’s foreign policy?
March 19th, 2023 
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No Comments »Bassem Awadallah’s lawyer warns of possible death in Jordan prison
March 11th, 2023 Awake Goy The lawyer of former Chief of Jordan's Royal Court Bassem Awadallah warned of the possibility of his client's death in prison due to his hunger strike and abuse. Lawyer Michael Sullivan confirmed in a statement that Awadallah, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence on charges of plotting against the king, entered his third week […]
Jordan to accelerate aid delivery to quake victims in Turkiye, Syria
February 20th, 2023 Awake Goy Jordan plans to accelerate the delivery of humanitarian aid to the victims of two deadly earthquakes in Turkiye and Syria. “The Jordan Hashemite charity organization is preparing 14 aid trucks to be sent to Syria,” the organization’s secretary-general, Hussein al-Shebli, said on Saturday. “A plane loaded with humanitarian aid will also be flown to Turkiye […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, News, Syria Tags: accelerate, delivery, Jordan, quake, Syria, turkiye, victims No Comments »US and Israel ‘biggest threats to security’ across Arab world: Arab Opinion Index
January 21st, 2023 Awake Goy An overwhelming majority of Arab citizens say they oppose normalization with Israel, believing instead that the Palestinian cause concerns the entire region January 20 2023 ByNews Desk- The US and Israel have been named the “biggest threats” to the security of the Arab world by citizens from across West Asia and North Africa, according to […]
Posted in jordan, Uncategorized Tags: across, biggest, israel, opinion, Security, threats, world No Comments »Netflix faces Israeli backlash over Nakba film
December 7th, 2022 Awake Goy In recent weeks Israeli officials and supporters of Israel have launched a smear campaign against Farha, the debut film from Jordanian director Darin Sallam. Farha, which premiered on Netflix this week, tells the story of a young Palestinian girl who witnesses Zionist military forces kill her family during the Nakba. The Nakba refers to the […]
Jordan’s official Oscar entry Farha grants the Palestinian Diaspora permission to narrate
December 4th, 2022 Awake Goy On 1 December, Netflix began streaming Farha (2021) worldwide, despite immense pressure directed at the platform to prevent its debut. The film is director Darin J. Sallam's first full-length feature and chronicles the coming-of-age story of its heroine, Farha, a 14-year-old Palestinian teenager who possesses a voracious appetite for books and learning. Farha's cultural background […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, us Tags: entry, farha, Grants, Jordan, official, oscar, palestinian No Comments »Israel: On the road to international isolation with the rise of fascists
November 5th, 2022 Awake Goy As Benjamin Netanyahu, head of the Likud party that won the Israeli elections, rushes to form his new government, unprecedented international and US warnings have been made calling for right-wing Knesset members not to participate. These include Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich of the Religious Zionist party, as their participation would harm the shared values […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, russia, ukraine, us Tags: fascists, international, isolation, israel No Comments »Jordan: Massive march in support of Palestine resistance
November 5th, 2022 Awake Goy Thousands of Jordanians on Friday attended a massive march organised by the Islamic movement in Amman to show support for Palestinian resistance in the occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported. The march marked the 105th anniversary of the British Balfour Declaration, which promised to establish a Jewish state on the land of Palestine. Marchers condemned […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, News Tags: Jordan, march, massive, Palestine, Resistance, support No Comments »Jordan MP: ‘Arab normalisation encouraged Israel’s aggression on Al-Aqsa Mosque’
October 1st, 2022 Awake Goy Head of the Reform Bloc in the Jordanian Parliament, Saleh Al-Armouti, asserted on Friday that Arab normalisation with Israel has encouraged its aggression on Al-Aqsa Mosque. Speaking to Felesteen newspaper, Al-Armouti also stated that the security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Israeli occupation encouraged the Israeli occupation's aggression on Al-Aqsa Mosque. "Israeli […]
Posted in jordan, Libya, Middle East, News, Syria Tags: aggression, encouraged, israel, Jordan, Mosque, normalisation No Comments »Greece joins 7,767 km global relay on Climate Change
October 1st, 2022 Awake Goy Greece has joined the global “Running Out of Time” relay for climate change that kicked off in Scotland on Friday, represented by the Hellenic Society for the Protection of Nature (EEPF), Greece’s oldest environmental NGO at national level. The non-stop relay covering 7,767 km will run through 18 countries and involve over 1,000,000 young participants… […]
Posted in Climate Change, jordan, united nations, World News Tags: change, climate, global, Greece, joins, relay No Comments »Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan: Public prosecutor kills wife, son
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy A Jordanian public prosecutor at the High Criminal Court on Thursday killed his 43-year-old wife and 16-year-old son in the governorate of Jerash, north of the kingdom. A spokesperson for the Public Security Directorate said that the prosecutor shot his wife and son at the family farm. The two victims were rushed to hospital for […]
Jordan warns against moving British embassy to occupied Jerusalem
September 24th, 2022 Awake Goy Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned against the UK moving its embassy to the occupied city of Jerusalem. Late on Thursday, in response to journalists’ questions regarding the announcement by British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s office that it was considering moving the location of its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Safadi announced: “No official decision […]
Jordan Islamic Action Front warns of settlers escalations at Al-Aqsa
September 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy The Islamic Action Front, the largest party in Jordan, yesterday warned of the Israeli extremists’ upcoming escalations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, including a series of large-scale incursions coinciding with the Jewish holidays from 26 September until early October. The party said, in a statement issued by its Jerusalem and Palestine Committee, that the expected escalations against […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, News Tags: action, escalations, front, islamic, Jordan, settlers, warns No Comments »Jordan Islamic Action Front warns of settlers escalations at Al-Aqsa
September 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy The Islamic Action Front, the largest party in Jordan, yesterday warned of the Israeli extremists’ upcoming escalations against Al-Aqsa Mosque, including a series of large-scale incursions coinciding with the Jewish holidays from 26 September until early October. The party said, in a statement issued by its Jerusalem and Palestine Committee, that the expected escalations against […]
Posted in jordan, Middle East, News Tags: action, escalations, front, islamic, Jordan, settlers, warns No Comments »Greek Foreign Minister in New York for United Nations General Assembly
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, travelled to New York on Sunday to participate in the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to a foreign ministry’s announcement. From Monday, September 19 to Wednesday, September 23, he will have a series of bilateral and multilateral contacts, while […]
Posted in European Union, jordan, united nations Tags: assembly, foreign, general, greek, Minister, nations, united No Comments »Greek Foreign Minister in New York for United Nations General Assembly
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, travelled to New York on Sunday to participate in the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to a foreign ministry’s announcement. From Monday, September 19 to Wednesday, September 23, he will have a series of bilateral and multilateral contacts, while […]
Posted in European Union, jordan, united nations Tags: assembly, foreign, general, greek, Minister, nations, united No Comments »Greek Foreign Minister in New York for United Nations General Assembly
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, travelled to New York on Sunday to participate in the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), according to a foreign ministry’s announcement. From Monday, September 19 to Wednesday, September 23, he will have a series of bilateral and multilateral contacts, while […]
Posted in European Union, jordan, united nations Tags: assembly, foreign, general, greek, Minister, nations, united No Comments »Jordan steps up curbs on political dissent – HRW
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy Jordanian authorities have in the last four years intensified persecution and harassment of political opponents and ordinary citizens using a string of laws to silence critical voices, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Authorities used vague laws to detain, interrogate and harass journalists, political activists, members of political parties and independent trade unions, […]
Jordan-US deal to support Amman’s ‘economic reform program’: Foreign Minister
September 19th, 2022 Awake Goy Jordan’s foreign minister said a recent agreement with the US will contribute to his country’s economic reform program, media reports said Saturday, Anadolu reports. Ayman Safadi said the fourth US-Jordan Memorandum of Understanding on Strategic Partnership (MoU) signed Friday in Washington “will contribute to supporting the economic reform program,” according to Jordan’s official news agency […]
Death toll from Jordan building collapse rises to 13
September 17th, 2022 Awake Goy The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Jordanian capital this week has risen to 13, local authorities said on Friday, after further bodies were found, Reuters reports. At least 25 people were in the dilapidated building in Amman’s Webdeh district when it crumbled on Tuesday. Civil defence rescuers have been […]
Death toll from Jordan building collapse rises to 13
September 17th, 2022 Awake Goy The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in the Jordanian capital this week has risen to 13, local authorities said on Friday, after further bodies were found, Reuters reports. At least 25 people were in the dilapidated building in Amman’s Webdeh district when it crumbled on Tuesday. Civil defence rescuers have been […]
Shea Lies Through Her Teeth as Lebanon’s Electricity Crisis Worsens
August 31st, 2022 Awake Goy August 30, 2022 By Mohammad Youssef More than a year ago, US Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea has given a promise to help Lebanon with power supplies from Egypt and Jordan. A year later, all those promises have proven to be utter lies. Meanwhile, the new Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, has repeated his […]
Festival unites Jordan’s coffee lovers
August 26th, 2022 Awake Goy The Jordan Coffee Festival kicked off yesterday in the capital Amman with over 60 brands showcasing their coffee beans, accessories and latte art. Festival founder Anton Bakerjian says the coffee industry is expanding rapidly in Jordan, with older generations preferring Turkish or Arabic coffee, while the younger generation opts more for filtered coffees, espressos and lattes. “About every two […]
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