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This handout picture released by the Palestinian Authority's press office (PPO) shows President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meeting with Britain's former prime minister Tony Blair in Amman, Jordan, on July 13, 2025. (Thaer GHANAIM / PPO / AFP)
July 14, 2025, 8:31 am
Abbas urges Hamas to free hostages, says terror group won’t rule postwar Gaza
Meeting former UK premier Tony Blair in Amman, Palestinian Authority president calls on rival to cede its arms and let Ramallah take over governing Strip
By ToI Staff
An El Al plane parked at Ben Gurion Airport, May 7, 2025. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 15, 2025, 3:03 pm
Stranded Israelis told not to go to Larnaca, Athens; not to use Egypt, Jordan land crossings
With airspace closed amid conflict with Iran, authorities say it will take weeks before the tens of thousands of Israelis stuck abroad will get home; El Al works on rescue flight plan
By Sharon Wrobel
Emergency vehicles outside the Israeli Embassy in Amman, Jordan, after gunshots were heard in the area, early November 24, 2024. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 24, 2024, 6:55 am
Gunman opens fire near Israeli Embassy in Jordan, is shot dead; 3 cops wounded
Local officials say incident is over, as state media says gunfire was directed at a police patrol in Amman and that an investigation is ongoing
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Jordanians vote in parliamentary elections at a polling station in al-Salt near the capital Amman on September 10, 2024. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
September 11, 2024, 3:00 pm
Islamists make gains in Jordan vote overshadowed by Gaza war
Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Islamic Action Front rides popular anger against Israel to snag up to 20% of seats, turnout low in initial figures but up slightly from last election
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hundreds of demonstrators march on the Israeli embassy in Amman, March 24, 2024 (X screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law)
March 25, 2024, 6:29 am
Police clash with Jordanian protesters trying to storm Israeli embassy
Several arrested, riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators angry over Israel’s military operation in Gaza,; some in crowd chant for Hamas to bomb Tel Aviv, kidnap troops
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
A man holds up a pre-wedding poster showing Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein and his fiance Rajwa al-Saif, during a free concert to celebrate the upcoming wedding at Amman International Stadium on May 29, 2023. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 30, 2023, 2:10 pm
Jordan starts celebrations ahead of first royal wedding in years
Crown Prince Hussein to marry Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif on Thursday at Zahran Palace, the venue where his father, King Abdullah II, and grandfather, the late King Hussein, wed
By Karin Laub
Shalom Rotban (third from right) with his family at the Israeli-Jordanian border on May 25, 2023. (Israel Dog Unit Spokesperson; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2023, 9:00 pm
Israeli missing for two years reunited with family after being found in Jordan
Shalom Rotban, who has had PTSD since 2012 Gaza war that was retriggered during 2021 conflict, was identified at a psychiatric hospital in Amman by an Arab Israeli medical student
By ToI Staff
Bassem Awadallah, then-director of the Office of King Abdullah II of Jordan, attends a celebration to mark Independence Day, in Amman, Jordan, on May 25, 2008. (Nader Daoud/AP)
March 13, 2023, 11:28 pm
Ex-aide jailed over Jordan royal coup hospitalized following hunger strike
Dual Jordanian-American citizen Bassem Awadallah, imprisoned for allegedly helping king’s half-brother plot takeover, suffering low sugar levels from three-week fast, lawyer says
By Josef Federman
Rabbi Moshe Haliwa's tefillin after the straps were cut off by Jordanian airport security officials, February 20, 2023. (Moshe Haliwa)
February 22, 2023, 7:36 am
Rabbi’s tefillin desecrated during inspection by Jordanian airport officials
Moshe Haliwa says guards cut straps off phylacteries before allowing him to fly to Dubai, ‘humiliating’ experience reminded him of Holocaust images
By Stuart Winer
Jordanian rescue teams search for people still missing under the rubble of a collapsed four-story building in the capital Amman on September 14, 2022. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
September 17, 2022, 12:20 pm
Death toll in Jordan building collapse raised to 14 as search ends
Jordanian rescue teams pull final body from rubble of residential building in Amman, with all the missing now accounted for
By AFP
Jordanian rescue workers search for missing persons under the rubble of a four-story residential building that collapsed in central Amman, on September 13, 2022. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
September 14, 2022, 1:23 pm
One person rescued, five dead, at least 10 still missing in Jordan building collapse
Five bodies have been pulled from rubble of residential structure in capital Amman’s central Jabal al-Weibdeh district; prime minister orders probe
By Agencies
Jordanian rescue workers search for missing persons under the rubble of a four-storey residential building which collapsed in central Amman, on September 13, 2022. (Khalil MAZRAAWI/AFP)
September 14, 2022, 4:29 am
At least five killed in Jordan building collapse, more trapped in rubble
Another 14 injured when four-story apartment building in dated part of Amman crumbles to ground; deputy prime minister says structure was ‘old and dilapidated’
By AFP
Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in Amman, July 27, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 27, 2022, 4:33 pm
Lapid meets with Jordan’s Abdullah in Amman for first time as premier
Jordanians say leaders discussed Palestinians, but Israel makes no mention of issue, saying meeting focused on opportunities stemming from normalization agreements
By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas observe the honor guard during a visit in the West Bank city of Ramallah on August 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI)
March 22, 2022, 12:24 am
Jordan’s King Abdullah to visit Ramallah to lower tensions ahead of Ramadan
Palestinian official says visit will highlight need for diplomatic horizon, without which further escalation in Jerusalem will be more likely
By Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meets with Jordan's King Abdullah in Amman, on March 10, 2022. (Courtesy)
March 10, 2022, 7:28 pm
Lapid meets King Abdullah, bids to lower tensions with Palestinians as holidays near
2nd meeting between FM and Jordan king takes place in Amman amid uptick in Jerusalem, West Bank violence, which US fears could spill over like it did last May
By Jacob Magid
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