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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 588

Abdullah II

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff is interviewed on Tucker Carlson's podcast on March 21, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
March 22, 2025, 12:44 pm
Witkoff: Hamas isn’t ideologically intractable, Gaza conflict can end through dialogue
In candid podcast interview, top Trump aide indicates renewed IDF strikes may be necessary after Hamas intransigence, says PM ‘going up against Israeli public opinion that wants hostages back’
By Jacob Magid
PA President Mahmoud Abbas at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool/AFP)
February 28, 2025, 4:20 am
Feeling heat from Trump to ‘solve’ Gaza, Arab states losing patience with PA’s Abbas
Palestinian Authority president left out of Arab leadership summit in Riyadh, where Gaza was main agenda item; diplomat says regional leaders will abandon Abbas if backed into corner
By Jacob Magid
From left to right: Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani; United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Emir of Kuwait Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan; Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi; Jordan Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah; and UAE's National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The leaders pose for a picture during their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 21, 2025. (Saudi Ministry of Media via AP)
February 22, 2025, 2:28 am
Arab leaders discuss backing ‘the Palestinian cause’ at meeting on Trump’s Gaza plan
Sources familiar with discussions say the leaders primarily talked about Egyptian proposal to rebuild Strip, though no signs yet of serious progress on formulating a counter-plan
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on November 10, 2023, shows Egypt's President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi (R) receiving Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Presidential Hall at Cairo International Airport. (Photo by Handout / Egyptian Presidency / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 8:21 pm
Hamas claims ‘positive signs’ as Qatar, Egypt scramble to resolve Gaza truce crisis
As Trump deadline looms, Witkoff warns of ‘big problem’ unless ‘something different occurring’ on hostages by Saturday; Sissi holds off on scheduling White House visit, works on alternative Gaza plan
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and Emanuel Fabian
US President Donald Trump waits outside of the West Wing before welcoming King Abdullah II of Jordan to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)
February 12, 2025, 4:55 pm
Netanyahu and Abdullah are living in Trump’s world now. Is Hamas?
As Jordan’s king was praying for the Oval Office floor to swallow him up, Israel’s PM was trying to work out how high the president wanted him to jump. What about the bullies of Hamas?
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a plenum session at the Knesset on February 10, 2025 (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2025, 1:51 pm
Daily Briefing Feb. 12: Day 495 – With ceasefire stalling, Israel scrambles to respond
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses the prime minister’s mixed messages on the hostages, Trump’s meeting with the Jordanian king, and a shift for the PA
By Jessica Steinberg and Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump (right) speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, February 11, 2025. (Photo/Alex Brandon)
February 12, 2025, 5:20 am
Abdullah says Jordan will take in 2,000 sick Gazan kids as Trump pushes relocation plan
US president calls king’s pledge ‘music to his ears’; wants ‘parcel of land’ in Jordan and Egypt for Gazans; doesn’t believe Hamas will release all hostages by his Saturday deadline
By Jacob Magid
Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) is greeted by US President Donald Trump at the White House on June 25, 2018. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
February 6, 2025, 9:20 pm
Trump’s bid to push out Gazans is an ‘existential threat’ to Jordan, say analysts
King Abdullah II has rejected the scheme, is set to meet Trump next week; Jordan, which relies on US aid, has a fraught history with its sizable Palestinian population
By AFP and ToI Staff
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2025, 11:54 pm
Amid uproar, top US officials say Trump only seeking to ‘temporarily’ remove Gazans
White House, secretary of state insist president not backing permanent evacuation as he declares ‘everybody loves’ his plan; national security adviser says US open to alternatives
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump stands with King Abdullah II of Jordan during Trump's first administration, at the White House, June 25, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)
February 2, 2025, 10:35 pm
Trump invites Jordan’s Abdullah to White House while pushing him to take in Gazans
As US president repeatedly touts plan to ‘clean out’ Gaza, urges Jordan and Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians, kingdom has joined other Arab states in flatly rejecting idea
By Agencies
Two boys watch a crowd of Palestinians returning to northern Gaza, amid destroyed buildings, on January 27, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 28, 2025, 11:14 am
Trump doubles down on proposal to move Gazans; insists Egypt and Jordan will agree
US president brushes aside staunch Arab opposition to idea that Strip’s residents leave territory, saying violence is endemic to Gaza; Albanian leader denies his country is in the mix
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
A handout picture provided by Jordan's Royal Palace shows King Abdullah II addressing the opening of the 20th ordinary session of the National Assembly in Amman on November 18, 2024. (Chris Setian / Jordanian Royal Palace / AFP)
November 18, 2024, 6:19 pm
Opening new parliament, Jordanian king says Amman ‘working tirelessly’ to end war
Islamist Muslim Brotherhood more than doubles its contingent in new session of parliament to around a fifth of total seats, becoming the largest single group of lawmakers
By Reuters and ToI Staff
United States President Joe Biden addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
September 24, 2024, 11:37 pm
At UNGA, Biden describes horrors of Oct. 7 and Gaza war, urging sides to accept deal
President warns against despair as war rages, calls out settler violence and pushes two-state solution, while Mideast leaders slam Israeli ‘genocide’; Netanyahu to speak Thursday
By Jacob Magid
Jafar Hassan, left, appointed Jordan's prime minister on Sunday, sits with his predecessor, then-PM Bisher Khasawneh, at Al Shati Palace, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, March 21, 2024. (Ryan Carter/UAE Presidential Court/Handout via REUTERS)
September 15, 2024, 8:02 pm
Abdullah taps chief of staff as Jordan’s new PM after Islamists gain in elections
King selects Harvard-educated technocrat Jafar Hassan to lead new government, week after Muslim Brotherhood becomes largest party in parliament with 31 out of 138 seats
By AFP and Reuters
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
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