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A conference attended by right-wing Israelis has discussed the transfer of Palestinians to Jordan as their homeland. The Jordanian government has condemned the idea, calling the conference "pointless" and...
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The Jordanian government is "studying appropriate measures" to take after its Field Hospital in the Gaza Strip was hit by an Israeli missile on Tuesday. One of the rooms...
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On the 43rd anniversary of the arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli extremist, Al-Quds International Institution has issued a report detailing the increasing number of Israeli assaults...
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Farmers in Jordan have hinted that they may escalate their protests against frequent fires started in occupied Palestinian territory and sue the Israeli government, which they hold responsible for...
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The Director of Jerusalem's Religious Endowments (Waqf) Foundation, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, has declined an invitation from the Israeli parliament to discuss the effects of the demolition of monuments in...
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A spokesman for the Jordanian government has said that the Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas will visit Amman and meet with King Abdullah II. Rakan Majali said...
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At a time when Syrian President Bashar al-Al-Assad warned his southern neighbour, Jordan, about the repercussions of allowing "terrorists" to infiltrate Syria, he has also expressed his hope that...
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The Israeli authorities allocated less than one per cent of so-called state land in the West Bank to the Palestinians, compared to 37 per cent to the illegal Jewish...
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah have signed an agreement to defend Jerusalem and its holy sites. The deal was sealed when Abbas flew by helicopter...
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The Secretary General of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front has announced that his party is not going to take part in the upcoming Jordanian government. Shaikh Hamza Mansour said...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was understandably eager to swiftly and privately sign the famous Jerusalem agreement, over a month ago, which gave the Jordanian monarch religious authority over the...
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More than half of current Jordanian MPs, who are seen to be carrying out a wave of long-awaited reforms, are facing corruption and criminal charges, the Jordanian daily newspaper...
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The Jordanian Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Amman, Daniel Nevo, and recalled the Jordanian ambassador to Tel-Aviv, Waleed Obaidat, Safa Palestinian news...
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A senior Jordanian government official has denied that Jordan has closed its borders to Syrian refugees over the past few days, and stressed that the border remained open to...
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The US Secretary of Defence has given approval for Patriot missiles and F-16 fighter aircraft to be sent to Jordan to take part in military exercises. A source in...
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Dozens of Jordanian journalists have taken part in a demonstration in protest at a government decision to ban hundreds of websites. The protesters said that the decision "assassinates media...
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King Abdullah of Jordan said on Sunday that there will be no confederation between his country and Palestine until and unless an independent Palestinian state is established. Such a...
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British charity Interpal (the Palestinian Relief and Development Fund) has distributed financial support to 300 needy university students in Jordan as part of its Ramadan education aid programme. The...
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Jordan's King Abdullah II has expressed his fears that demographic changes in the kingdom could see him being toppled from the throne in the next year or so. This...
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A leading think-tank in Israel believes that the fall of the regime in Jordan "is no longer unlikely", a Jordanian website has claimed. The Khaberni site was quoting an...
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Zaki Bani Rsheid, deputy leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, accused the political regime in Jordan of "using events in Syria and Egypt to restrict reform and the fight...
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Officials in Jordan have expressed their concerns about Iran's response to any attack on Syria which might be launched from the kingdom's territory. They believe that if Jordan is...
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Jordanian soil will not be used as a launch pad for attacks on Syria, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The kingdom will remain neutral on Arab issues, as...
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According to Jordan's Vice-Chairman of the Parliament Khalil Attieh, the Parliament has taken unprecedented measures that will contribute to preserving the Parliament's prestige and prevent future violations by all...
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Jordanian King Abdullah II has affirmed that he refuses to dismiss the role of the Muslim Brotherhood from the political process in his country. Speaking to Chinese news agency,...
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The Deputy General Guide of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood, Zaki Bani Irsheid, denied media reports that Jordanian authorities have made an official request to meet with the Muslim Brotherhood, saying:...
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Jordan's first Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Khalil Attieh demanded on Wednesday that his government expel Daniel Nevo, the Israeli ambassador to Jordan. Attieh also urged the Arab League...
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Jordanian Member of Parliament Khamis Ateya recently revealed that secret talks are being held between Jordan and Israel on exchanging water. According to the information that Ateya posted on...
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Jordan's Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Hamed has told the Anadolu news agency that the government's cumulative losses as a result of interruptions in the delivery of...
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The Jordanian authorities have detained three of its own citizens for carrying the logo that has come to represent the massacre committed by the Egyptian army in Rabaa Al-Adawiya...
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Jordanian journalists are accusing their country's government of interfering in the editorial policy of their newspaper. The journalists working at Al-Rai Newspaper, the biggest daily in Jordan, announced on...
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Jordan's head of the Development and Free Zones Commission, Maha Khatib, has denied the existence of any agreement or plans to establish a joint industrial zone with Israel. Khatib...
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