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Hashemite Kingdom
Samer Libdeh
August 8, 2017, 2:47 pm
Samer Libdeh
Jordan’s retrograde leadership must go
The Hashemites are radicalizing their citizens and standing in the way of peace
US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Oval Office at the White House as First Lady Melania Trump and Queen Rania look on in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)
May 16, 2017, 1:31 pm
Trump, accused of passing intel to Russians, to call Jordan’s Abdullah
Contact comes amid speculation as to identity of Mideast country whose agent may have been compromised by US president
By Sue Surkes
Mithqal al-Fayez, painted for the family from a 1920s black and white photo. (Courtesy)
September 3, 2016, 4:49 pm
How Jordan’s ‘sheikh of sheikhs’ negotiated with Zionists, founded a kingdom
Israeli pens first biography of Mithqal al-Fayiz, the tribal leader who put the Hashemites on the Jordanian throne — a Lawrence of Arabia-esque epic about a desert nomad
By Dov Lieber
Jordan's King Abdullah (left), pictured with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Ramallah in November, 2011. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 4, 2016, 3:31 am
Ramallah fumes at Jordanian meddling in question of Abbas’s successor
Palestinian sources say Amman officials have met with several possible candidates to lead the Palestinians
By Avi Issacharoff
The Jordanian Parliament. (Jordan Parliament official)
May 29, 2016, 5:02 pm
King of Jordan dissolves parliament, appoints new PM
Abdullah charges Hani Mulki, who once headed committee for negotiations with Israel, with leading kingdom into next elections
By Dov Lieber
Syrian refugees gather outside their embassy waiting to apply for passports or to renew their old ones in Amman, Jordan, on September 15, 2015. (AP/Raad Adayleh)
April 18, 2016, 11:07 pm
Jordan says 50,000 Syrians stranded on border
Fearing jihadist infiltration, Hashemite Kingdom has increased security checks on asylum seekers fleeing bloody civil war
By AFP
Orthodox Christians hold candles as worshipers gather around the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial place of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, April 7, 2007. (Nati Shohat /Flash90)
April 12, 2016, 12:46 am
Jordan’s king to help pay for facelift at Jesus’s tomb
Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher to stay open during renovation, set to begin next month and run through 2017
By Sue Surkes
Circassian guards pose for a photograph outside Basman Palace, in Amman, Jordan, January 11, 2016 (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
January 30, 2016, 9:30 am
Jordan royals’ Circassian guards a symbol of thriving minority
A rare look at the deeply traditional order that has served Hashemite kings for almost a century
By Sam McNeil
King Abdullah II of Jordan addresses the UN General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2015 (screen capture: YouTube)
September 28, 2015, 7:50 pm
Jordan’s king: We won’t allow threat to Arab character of Jerusalem
Abdullah tells UNGA that extremist groups like IS have caused ‘a third world war,’ to which ‘we must respond with equal intensity’
By TOI staff and AFP
Israeli Border Police seen during clashes in and around the Temple Mount compound in Jerusalem's Old City on September 15, 2015. (Flash90)
September 16, 2015, 11:28 am
On the Temple Mount, a morass a month in the making
The fuse for the clashes sparked by Minister Uri Ariel’s visit stretches back weeks, as Palestinian anger mounted over changes in access to the sensitive holy site
By Avi Issacharoff
Tourists visiting part of the ancient Roman amphitheater in the Jordanian capital, Amman on June 30, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
July 21, 2015, 9:21 am
Jordan battling to rescue its key earner — tourism
Kingdom looks to revive interest in its natural and archaeological wonders as visitors dwindle due to regional violence
By Kamal Taha
Counterterrorist military forces participate in exercises in Amman, Jordan, on May 27, 2012. (AP/Mohammad Hannon)
June 29, 2015, 9:38 pm
Jordan reportedly weighs Syrian buffer zone
Hashemite Kingdom said to be considering humanitarian intervention in southern Syria to keep Islamic State off the border
By TOI staff
President Reuven Rivlin (right) and Jordan's Ambassador to Israel Walid Obeidat, June 16, 2015 (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 16, 2015, 11:26 pm
Jordan envoy: Status quo between Israel, Palestinians ‘untenable’
Walid Obeidat says Arab Peace Initiative could be ‘win for all’; President Rivlin praises Hashemite Kingdom as ‘shining light of tolerance and harmony’
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of a US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle flying over northern Iraq on September 23, 2014, after conducting airstrikes in Syria. (AFP/US Air Force/Senior Airman Matthew Bruch)
February 6, 2015, 10:11 am
35 Islamic State fighters said killed in Jordanian airstrikes
Hashemite Kingdom steps up raids against jihadists in Mosul after pilot burned alive
By TOI staff and AFP
Palestinian school students take part in a military march organized by Hamas national security in the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 27, 2014 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flas90)
December 2, 2014, 11:14 am
Brotherhood members in Jordan accused of planning attacks on Israelis
20 questioned over plan to smuggle arms into West Bank, Al-Jazeera reports; crackdown coincides with Shin Bet exposure of Hamas cell
By Elhanan Miller
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