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Scenes from a video released by National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir showing the minister taunting bound and detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port on May 20, 2026. (Ben Gvir via X)
May 25, 2026, 4:40 am
Arab, Islamic FMs call Ben Gvir’s taunts of flotilla activists ‘assault on human dignity’
Eight Arab and Muslim countries are latest to condemn far-right minister over video showing him taunting activists kneeling on floor with their hands tied
By Reuters and ToI Staff
In this handout photo released by the World Health Organization, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visit the Specialty Hospital to meet with recent medical evacuees from Gaza in Amman, Jordan, on February 25, 2026. (World Health Organization via AP)
February 26, 2026, 4:51 am
Harry and Meghan meet with hospitalized Gazan children during visit to Jordan
Couple set to tour Amman office of World Central Kitchen, which organizes and sends food and other humanitarian aid to Gaza
By Agencies
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (right) attend a World Health Organization roundtable with key donors and humanitarian partners in Amman, Jordan, on February 25, 2026. (PA via Reuters)
February 25, 2026, 3:41 pm
Prince Harry and Meghan to meet refugees from Gaza on two-day trip to Jordan
Visit comes at invitation of WHO director general after the pair donated $500,000 last year to causes benefiting Palestinian refugees, humanitarian efforts
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The offices of Israeli company Cellebrite, a provider of mobile forensic software, in Petah Tikva, March 24, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 23, 2026, 2:19 pm
Jordan used Israeli forensic tools in prosecutions of Gaza war protesters — report
Canada’s Citizen Lab says it found evidence of Cellebrite phone-cracking software on devices seized by Jordan from protesters in response to critical social media posts
By ToI Staff
Emek HaMaayanot regional council head Itamar Matiash discusses the Jordan Gateway project with Economy Minister Nir Barkat, March 2025. (Emek HaMaayanot regional council spokesperson's office)
December 3, 2025, 10:27 pm
Israel planning hospital for Jordanian patients in joint cross-border industrial zone
Head of the Israeli side of the Jordan Gateway project tells ToI that it will also be a key node in the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor, piquing interest of US and EU
By Nava Freiberg
Palestinian police march during a training session with members of the European Union, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on March 16, 2014. (Abbas Momani / AFP)
December 2, 2025, 4:30 am
Egypt and EU stepping up preparations to dispatch Palestinian police force to Gaza
Diplomats push back at claim Hamas members to be part of new body, as Cairo trains thousands of recruits and Brussels looks to join effort, possibly influence postwar Strip
By Nava Freiberg
Masked Hamas gunmen take positions in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, ahead of handing over Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
November 1, 2025, 1:27 pm
Jordan, Germany say Gaza’s International Stabilization Force will need UN mandate
Safadi says it would be only way for force to be effective; Wadephul says would ‘need a clear basis in international law’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Jordan's King Abdullah II looks on during a reception by the deputy speaker of the Hungarian Parliament at the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest on October 16, 2025. (Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)
October 28, 2025, 10:59 am
Jordan’s king says international forces in Gaza should ‘keep,’ but not ‘enforce,’ peace
Abdullah says Amman ‘too close’ to the conflict to send troops, but that Qatar and Egypt are ‘very optimistic’ Hamas will disarm; Queen Rania lauds Trump for pressuring Netanyahu
By Lazar Berman
(L to R) Heiner Linke, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry, Hans Ellegren, Secretary General of The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Olof Ramstroem, Member of the Nobel Committe for Chemistry, pose with a model during a press conference to announce Japan's Susumu Kitagawa, UK-born Richard Robson and American-Jordanian Omar M. Yaghi as the winners of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, on October 8, 2025. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
October 8, 2025, 4:45 pm
US scientist of Palestinian descent among three winners of Nobel prize for chemistry
Omar Yaghi, born and raised in Amman, shares award with two others for work on molecular architecture; first Palestinian Nobel laureate since Arafat; also won Israeli award in 2018
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Activists from the intercepted Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla flash victory signs as they are deported from Israel to Jordan via the Allenby Bridge crossing, in a video published October 7, 2025. (Screen capture: X/International Committee to Break the Siege of Gaza)
October 7, 2025, 3:50 pm
131 Gaza flotilla activists deported to Jordan, kingdom’s state news says
One Jordanian and people from 22 other nations said to exit Israel via Allenby Bridge, day after 171 others were deported, including Greta Thunberg
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Arab leaders attend a multilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss the situation in Gaza, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 23, 2025. (Reuters)
September 30, 2025, 5:04 am
Arab, Muslim nations pledge to realize Trump’s Gaza plan; Hamas examining it ‘responsibly’
Palestinian Islamic Jihad decries proposal as ‘formula for igniting the region’; Palestinian Authority welcomes it, commits to carrying out necessary reforms
By Jacob Magid, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
View of the road leading to the Allenby Crossing after it was closed by Israeli authorities following last week’s stabbing and shooting attack, September 24, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
September 25, 2025, 8:26 pm
Israel to reopen West Bank-Jordan crossing after holiday closure, deadly attack
Crossing will open from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Jordan, PA claimed closure ahead of Jewish new year was indefinite, although facility usually closes over holidays
By AFP
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, September 23, 2025. (AP/Richard Drew)
September 24, 2025, 12:01 am
Qatar, Jordan denounce Netanyahu as warmonger, regional threat; Indonesia says ‘Shalom’
‘They visit our country and plot to attack it,’ wails emir, as Abdullah warns ‘Greater Israel’ would involve ‘blatant violation of the sovereignty’ of Israel’s neighbors; Indonesian leader says Israel’s security must be respected
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Israeli security forces stand near the scene where two IDF soldiers were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between Israel and the West Bank, September 18, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
September 23, 2025, 5:55 pm
Israel closes border crossing between West Bank and Jordan until further notice
Crossing was closed immediately after last week’s attack killed 2 IDF soldiers, but had reopened intermittently; reimposed closure reportedly ordered by Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Egyptian army soldiers man an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) deployed near the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border Crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 23, 2024 (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
September 22, 2025, 2:03 am
French proposal envisions multinational Gaza force tasked with gradually disarming Hamas
Paris circulating draft, obtained by ToI, aimed at operationalizing internationally-backed NY Declaration to marginalize Hamas; but it’s mum on coordination with Israel
By Jacob Magid
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