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UAE and Israel ‘sabotaging’ Gulf reconciliation

The UAE is collaborating with Israel to sabotage Gulf reconciliation efforts, disturb relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and deepen the rift with Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. Citing information gleaned from leaked documents and reports, the newspaper exposed the UAE-Israel efforts being coordinated to undermine the reconciliation witnessed at the summit hosted by Saudi […]

Israel bans Jordanian tribal judge from entry

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has prevented senior Jordanian tribal judge Sheikh Trad Al-Fayez from entering Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday. Shaked tweeted: "After violating the conditions of the visa and serious incitement against the state [of Israel], I ordered that he [Al-Fayez] be banned from entering Israel." Al-Fayez, a former Jordanian official, is the chief […]

The US Scrambles For Relevance By Addressing The Yemen War

Washington’s special envoy for Yemen is heading to both Saudi Arabia and Jordan, in an alleged effort to help a UN brokered ceasefire initiative to succeed. However, this visit seems to be little to do with Yemen and more about US power in the region. Whilst during US President Joe Biden’s first address on foreign […]

Saudi Crown Prince visits Jordan in thaw in ties

Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, arrived on Tuesday in Jordan as ties thaw after years of frayed relations due to divergent views on regional conflicts and unfulfilled pledges of aid, officials said, Reuters reports. The first such visit in years by the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia comes at a time, officials say, when Jordan's economy is […]

Is The US Pressuring Jordan To Fall In Line With Its Regional Vision?

Jordan’s Prince Hamza bin Al-Hussein, the former Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom has relinquished his royal status in protest of the country’s current policies. Although this may seem harmless, the timing of the move may indeed say a lot about the meaning of such a move and what it signals for the future of […]

Astana peace process: Guarantors to hold Syria summit in Iran in 2022

The Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that Iran, Russia, and Turkey have agreed to hold the next Astana format summit in Tehran in February or March 2022, TASS news agency reports. Special Assistant to Iran’s foreign minister for special political affairs Ali Asghar Khaji said this is dependent on the situation with coronavirus. Delegations from Turkey, […]

Jordan-Israel-UAE Energy Deal Is Not About Combating Climate Change, It’s About Money And Politics

The people of Jordan are pushing back against one of the biggest Arab-Israeli energy deals to date. Jordan’s people disregard the claims about “combating climate change” — as it becomes a mask with which world powers hide their political and geo-strategic agendas — arguing the deal is about monetary gains and normalization with Israel. This […]

Jordan-UAE-“Israel” Deal Proves ‘2-State Solution’ Dead For Arab Reactionary Regimes

1 Dec 2021 Source: Al Mayadeen Net Robert Inlakesh This agreement constitutes, not only a move against a two-State solution that Jordan claims to achieve but also an act of Arab collaboration with a usurper entity that seeks to impoverish and erase the native Palestinian inhabitants of the land. Stirring tensions between the Jordanian public […]

عندما ينتفض الأردن ضد التطبيع

Posted on November 29, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians  ناصر قنديل – بخلاف ما يظنه الكثيرون الذين لا تبهرهم إلا الدول التي تملك أموالا طائلة، يحتل الأردن موقعاً مؤثراً في خريطة الجغرافيا السياسية والاقتصادية والأمنية للمنطقة، فقد قام مشروع الحرب على سورية على ركيزتين في الجغرافيا هما تركيا والأردن، وعندما خرج الأردن من الحرب اختل التوازن وبدأ […]

Jordan, Israel, UAE sign ‘declaration of intent’ on energy, water exchange

Jordan, on Monday, announced signing a declaration of intent for exchanging water for energy with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, Anadolu News Agency reports. The three countries will start talks to explore the feasibility of a joint energy and water project, according to Jordan’s Ministry of Water and Irrigation. The Ministry said in […]

Jordan keeping door open for possible relations with Hamas: report

After senior Hamas leader, Mohammad Nazzal, joined a discussion panel in Amman, Rai Al Youm newspaper said yesterday that Jordan is keeping the door open for possible relations with the Palestinian movement. The newspaper said this was evident as a result of the inclusion of senior former and current Jordanian officials, including two former prime […]

Al-Manar, Al-Masirah Channels Launch Friday Extensive Documentation of Saudi-led Aggression Massacres on Yemen: Video

October 28, 2021 Al-Manar and Al-Masirah TV Channels are scheduled to launch an extensive documentation project which records all the massacres committed by the US-Saudi-led forces and mercenaries in Yemen. An interactive map will come-to-light on the official websites of the two TV channels at 8 p.m. and reveal in an innovative way the massacres committed by the aggression with […]

Al-Tanf: The Fragile Military Base

Posted on October 22, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians 22.10.2021 By Al-Ahed News Staff An infographics detailing information regarding the al-Tanf military base in Syria which accommodates American and British troops. Related Videos [embedded content] Targeting the al-Tanf base. Connotations that go beyond the geography of action and reaction [embedded content] Targeting the illegal U.S. al-Tanf base […]

Jordan’s King Abdullah and Syria’s Assad hold first phone call after a decade

Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, and Jordanian King, Abdullah II, held a phone conversation on Sunday,  their first open communication in a decade since the Syrian civil war erupted. In a statement by the Jordanian Royal Palace, it announced that the leaders “discussed relations between the two brotherly countries and ways of enhancing cooperation.” The call […]

Jordan crown prince contracts covid

Jordan said today that Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah had contracted coronavirus, Reuters reports. “His Highness Prince Hussein, who had received the vaccine against the coronavirus, showed mild symptoms and is in very good health,” the Royal Court said in a statement. King Abdullah and Queen Rania will be subject to a precautionary home […]

Study: 68% of Jordanians don’t trust political reform committee

Sixty-eight per cent of Jordanians do not trust the recently-formed Royal Committee to Modernise the Political System and its expected outcomes, an official study revealed yesterday. The poll, carried out by the University of Jordan’s Center of Strategic Studies, showed that “only 32 percent of the Jordanian citizens believe that the committee will be able […]

Jordan: chief of staff meets Syrian defence minister over border security

Jordan’s chief of staff met with the Syrian defence minister in Amman yesterday to discuss border security, Hala Akhbar has reported. The meeting between Jordan’s General Yousef Huneiti and General Ali Ayoub looked at ways to “increase coordination in border security” in the interests of both countries. The agenda included the recent fighting in southern […]

Baghdad summit | Mideastream

Posted on September 3, 2021 by martyrashrakat [embedded content] Iraq hosted a regional summit on Saturday supposedly aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East while emphasizing the Arab country’s new role as a mediator. Heads of state attending included Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin […]

Israeli Media: US Withdrawal from Afghanistan a Sign of Weakness

AUGUST 15, 2021 Source: Israeli Media By Al Mayadeen Yossi Kuperwasser, an Israeli intelligence and security expert, points out that the fast fall of the Afghan government is proof of US obstacles in comprehending the Islamic world. Taliban fighters ride in an Afghan National Directorate of Security car in Kandahar. A researcher at the Jerusalem […]

The Jordanian Regime Is Again Gravitating Towards Israel, After Netanyahu Is Ousted

After Israel’s aggressive actions at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, during Ramadan, storming the Holy site and attacking its worshippers, it seemed as if Jordan was growing further away from Israel politically. However, this now seems to have been completely reversed with the transition of power to Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennet. On […]

Secret Meeting between “Israel’s” Bennett, Jordan’s King Abdullah

Posted on July 9, 2021 by uprootedpalestinians 09/07/2021 By Staff- Agencies “Israeli” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reportedly took a secret trip to Jordan last week and met with King Abdullah II at his palace in Amman in the first meeting between the two sides after years of strained ties. According to a report by Walla […]

أحمد جبريل… المُقاتل العنيد

مقالة ماهر الطاهر الجمعة 9 تموز 2021 آمن جبريل بعمق بمحمور المقاومة وبقدرته على تعديل موازين القوى في المنطقة (أ ف ب ) في يوم حزين، هو السابع من تموز 2021، رحل عن عالمنا القائد الفلسطيني الكبير، أحمد جبريل، «أبو جهاد»، أحد مؤسّسي الثورة الفلسطينية المعاصرة، و«منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية». وبرحيله، فقدت الحركة الوطنية الفلسطينية والشعب […]

TV report on Muslim Brotherhood’s varying stances towards Israel

June 27, 2021 [embedded content] Description: A TV report on the divergent political stances towards Israel of the Muslim Brotherhood’s various branches across the Arab and Islamic world. Source: Al Mayadeen TV (You Tube) Date: June 7, 2021 (Note: Please help us keep producing independent translations by contributing a small monthly amount here ) [embedded content] Transcript: UAE’s foreign minister […]

A New Rift Between Jordan And The US Represents Huge Strategic Failure

The first Arab leader set to meet US President Joe Biden in Washington is King Abdullah II of Jordan and this is no coincidence, the now shaky relationship between the once closest Arab ally of the West is not something the President is looking to further destabilize. Up until 2015, in the advent of the […]

On Nasser’s Fight for Arabic Independence and a Free Palestine

Cynthia Chung June 15, 2021 Nasser became the catalyst for an Arab Revolution for independence, a revolution that remains yet to be finished, Cynthia Chung writes. In the 1950s the so-called enemy of the West was not only Moscow but the Third World’s emerging nationalists, from Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt to Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran. The […]

Jerusalem and the Trap Hamas Laid for Jordan and the PA

Thousands of Muslims perform Eid prayers at the Al Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem’s Old City, marking the muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on September 12, 2016. Photo: Sliman Khader/Flash90. JNS.org – President Biden last Thursday evening claimed credit for brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying: “I want to also thank the secretary of […]

Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds, Egyptian Mediators Shuttle Between the Two Sides

Palestinians walk at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City May 21, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip held on Saturday as Egyptian mediators pressed […]

Jordan’s parliament calls for expulsion of Israeli envoy, recall of ambassador

Jordanian lawmakers on Monday unanimously carried a motion urging the government to expel Israel’s ambassador to Amman in protest against Israeli “crimes” against Palestinians. Parliament Speaker Abdul Monem Odat announced the move live on television after a parliamentary session devoted to “the situation in Palestine and the crimes committed against them in Jerusalem and Gaza.” During […]

Jordan’s king says ‘intensive’ diplomacy underway to halt Gaza flare-up

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Palestinians under attack from Sheikh Jarrah to Gaza & Human Rights Watch says Israel is guilty of apartheid

Subscribe: Overcast / Apple / Google / Spotify / Stitcher / TuneIn / Deezer Last Friday, as the holy month of Ramadan came to a close, Israeli forces stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. Mondoweiss’ Palestine correspondent, Yumna Patel reported that: The height of the violence took place inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque […]

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