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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

Islamic Action Front

A Jordanian woman votes in parliamentary elections at a polling station in al-Salt near the capital Amman on September 10, 2024. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
September 12, 2024, 1:37 pm
Islamists score big in Jordanian election held in shadow of Gaza war
Islamic Action Front, an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood that wants to end peace treaty with Israel, wins 31 of 138 seats in parliament
By Agencies 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
A Jordanian casts his vote in elections, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
September 22, 2016, 12:55 am
Jordan election held in ‘largely peaceful atmosphere‘
Muslim Brotherhood, competing for first time since 2007, heading to take 16 of parliament‘s 130 seats
By Karin Laub
Election posters are on display in the Jordanian capital of Amman, September 18, 2016. (AP/Raad Adayleh)
September 19, 2016, 3:17 pm
Jordan election seen as small step toward democratic reform
Electoral changes see Muslim Brotherhood participate in pro-Western monarchy’s parliament vote Tuesday for first time in almost a decade
By Karin Laub
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, welcomes King Abdullah II, left, in Ramallah on December 6, 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
December 17, 2012, 9:47 pm
Talk of Palestinian-Jordanian confederation irks observers on both sides of the river
‘We have disengaged from the West Bank and we don’t want it back,’ writes Jordanian columnist
By Elhanan Miller
A Jordanian man holds up a piece of bread during a demonstration in Amman following an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices, including a 53 percent hike on cooking gas, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)
November 14, 2012, 3:09 pm
Jordan boils and Egypt threatens Israel
France and the US recognize new Syrian opposition coalition; Egypt reportedly says it will withdraw ambassador if Israel attacks Gaza
By Elhanan Miller
June 29, 2012, 5:36 pm
Jordan’s VIP treatment for Mashaal shows a King trying to placate the Islamists
Morsi’s victory in Egypt was ‘an earthquake’ for Hashemite monarch, who faces Muslim Brotherhood opposition of his own
By Elhanan Miller
Jordan's King Abdullah (left), pictured with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Ramallah in November, 2011. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
April 18, 2012, 6:44 pm
Jordan’s king moves toward banning Muslim Brotherhood
Lower house of parliament approves a bill barring parties established on a ‘religious basis’
By Elhanan Miller
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