Israel-Jordan relations

Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks in Istanbul, Turkey, May 18, 2018 (Turkey Presidential Press Service/Pool via AP)

June 19, 2018, 7:43 pm

US envoys Kushner, Greenblatt hold talks with Jordanian king

White House officials discuss Gaza, seek Arab pressure on Palestinians to begin dialogue based on soon-to-be-unveiled US proposal

By AP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) meets with Jordan's King Abdullah II in Amman on July 27, 2010. (Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)

June 19, 2018, 1:24 pm

US envoy hails Netanyahu meeting with Jordan king on peace talks

Ahead of his Middle East trip, Jason Greenblatt says sit-down in Amman 'very important to both countries and to the entire region'

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Jordan in January 2014 (Kobi Gideon / GPO/FLASH90/ File)

June 18, 2018, 10:29 pm

Netanyahu holds rare meet with Jordan king ahead of US peace push

After months of strained ties, prime minister makes surprise trip to Amman to discuss peace process and Jerusalem holy sites

By TOI staff

The transferal of Palestinians wounded in Gaza border clashes with IDF soldiers to Jordan via the Erez Crossing, May 22, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)

May 23, 2018, 5:00 pm

22 Gazans injured in border clashes taken to Jordan for treatment

Move comes at request of King Abdullah, a week after Israel refused initiative to airlift Palestinians to Turkey

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

File: Construction of the new international Ramon Airport, in Timna, north of Eilat, southern Israel, January, 2016. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

May 18, 2018, 4:18 pm

Israel builds unique ‘missile net’ to protect new airport near Eilat

New barrier, developed specifically to help secure the airport, is part of defenses along the Jordan border

By AFP

Economy Minister Eli Cohen, left, shakes hands with Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono before a meeting on the "Corridor for Peace and Prosperity," at Dead Sea, Jordan, April 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

April 30, 2018, 6:44 am

Jordan, Israel, Palestinians hold rare Japan-hosted meeting

Parties meet to advance an agro-industrial park intended to enhance cross-border trade and cooperation

By AP and TOI staff

Israeli Ambassador to Jordan Amir Weissbrod (Courtesy MFA)

April 16, 2018, 11:40 am

Israel’s new ambassador to Jordan takes up post after diplomatic crisis

Amir Weissbrod, a fluent Arabic speaker who has also worked in Morocco, brings to an end a nine-month standoff after Israeli guard shot dead two Jordanians, saying he was attacked

By TOI staff and AP

Jews visit the Temple Mount compound, site of the Al Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem Old City, during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017 (Flash90/Yaakov Lederman)

April 4, 2018, 12:59 am

Jordan: Jewish prayer at Temple Mount entrance violates status quo

Amman files complaint with Foreign Ministry after court refuses to punish teens for prostrating themselves outside the Jerusalem holy site

By TOI staff

March 29, 2018, 8:33 am

Jordan approves Israel’s new ambassador to the kingdom

Amir Weissbrod, a career diplomat, set to take up position in Amman, which has been without an envoy since July when Israeli security guard shot dead two Jordanians when attacked

By TOI staff

Trip leader Shuka Revak, 86, fulfills a life-long dream as he reaches Avdat in Israel from Jordan's Petra, February 2018. (courtesy)

March 15, 2018, 2:56 pm

86-year-old guide helps discover section of Incense Route lost for millennia

Traversing 100 kilometers in five days, Shuka Ravek fulfills dream and walks from Petra to Avdat in the footsteps of Nabateans

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

February 8, 2018, 11:37 am

Israel appoints new envoy to Jordan, moving on after diplomatic crisis

Amir Weissbrod to replace Einat Schlein, who left Amman embassy hurriedly in July after Israeli security guard shot and killed 2 Jordanians

By Raphael Ahren

People walk past a display of Cold War-era tanks at the Royal Tank Museum in Amman, Jordan, February 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Sam McNeil)

February 6, 2018, 5:15 pm

A century of Middle East wars on display at new Jordanian tank museum

Collection of 110 tanks that saw battle includes armored vehicles from conflicts between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Golan Heights, Jerusalem

By Sam McNeil

Jordanian security forces stand guard outside the Israeli embassy in Amman following a stabbing there on July 23, 2017. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

January 30, 2018, 10:10 am

Israeli embassy in Jordan begins resuming operations

With diplomatic crisis ended, offices expected to open to the public, new ambassador to be appointed within days

By Raphael Ahren and TOI staff

Jordan's King Abdullah (R) speaks with CNN's Fareed Zakaria at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 24, 2018. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)

January 25, 2018, 2:20 pm

Abdullah: US must get a major Israeli concession after Jerusalem recognition

Diverging from recent Palestinian views, Jordanian king insists that US is the only power that can broker a peace deal between the two parties

By Jacob Magid

January 23, 2018, 1:26 pm

Foreign Ministry issues tender for new ambassador to Jordan

Netanyahu hopes to name envoy in the coming days, after deal with Amman enables return of embassy staff

By TOI staff