Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty

Jordanian Senate Speaker Faisal al-Fayez on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea on March 6, 2019. (Adam Rasgon/Times of Israel)

April 8, 2019, 3:11 pm

Top Jordanian politician: We hope Israel’s elections mark the end of Netanyahu

Faisal al-Fayez, speaker of the Senate and a former prime minister, says his nation wants to see Gantz make peace efforts if he becomes Israel’s next leader

By Adam Rasgon

A 1930s hydroelectric power station at Naharayim on the Jordan River, January 29, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

March 13, 2019, 12:42 pm

At bloodied Isle of Peace, some Israelis still hope to bridge divide with Jordan

22 years after Jordanian soldier massacred 7 Israeli schoolgirls, locals believe quiet diplomacy can yet save access to border enclave that turned from symbol of amity to enmity

By Melanie Lidman

Photo shows the decline in the level of water in the Sea of Galilee, October 8, 2018. (JACK GUEZ/AFP)

November 21, 2018, 12:38 am

Jordanian officials said to ask Israel to boost water supply

Request comes after Amman warns it won’t renew border land leases to Israel, clinched in 1994 peace deal

By TOI staff

A view of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on October 18, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)

November 2, 2018, 1:49 pm

Israel said looking to push Dead Sea canal project to repair Jordan ties

Amman has been frustrated by long-stalled plans to jointly pump water from Red Sea to shrinking salt-water lake

By TOI staff

Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a joint conference with Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit in the Jordanian capital Amman on January 6, 2018. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)

October 23, 2018, 12:41 am

Jordan foreign minister says will not negotiate with Israel over leased land

Ayman Safadi dismisses Netanyahu’s promise to renegotiate after king says he won’t renew annexes to 1994 treaty, insists ‘only question will be how we cancel these leased areas’

By TOI staff

The Jordan river can be seen in the Jordan valley area called Naharayim, October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

October 22, 2018, 11:49 pm

Israeli farmers complain loss of Jordan land leases could kill livelihood

Denied access to crops, ‘we will not be able to survive here,’ one Tzofar resident says of Amman’s declared intention not to renew peace deal annex

By AP and TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II, during the former's surprise visit to Amman on January 16, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Yousef Allan/Jordanian Royal Palace)

October 22, 2018, 12:09 pm

Israeli-Jordanian peace deal is strong – despite Amman’s ingratitude

By refusing to renew peace deal annex allowing the Jewish state to lease 2 parcels of land, King Abdullah is largely attempting to stave off internal political pressure

By Avi Issacharoff

The power plant at the Isle of Peace. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

October 21, 2018, 10:53 pm

Dismantling ‘Isle of Peace,’ Jordan chooses hardliners over Israel ties

King Abdullah’s announcement that he won’t renew clauses in 1994 peace deal that lease border lands to Israel comes amid rising domestic pressure and economic woes

By Raoul Wootliff and Adam Rasgon

A view of the Jordan River, Naharayim, Isle of Peace (Shmuel Bar-Am)

October 21, 2018, 4:49 pm

Jordan says it will cancel clauses in peace treaty leasing border land to Israel

After King Abdullah announces he won’t renew annexes to 1994 deal that expire next year, Netanyahu says he will negotiate with kingdom to keep territory under Israeli control

By TOI staff and Agencies

Former Jordanian prime minister Abdelsalam al-Majali in a TV interview on August 18, 2018. (Screenshot: YouTube/MEMRI)

August 30, 2018, 9:24 am

Jordan PM who signed Israel peace deal: Haifa should be taken by force if we can

‘If we ever have military power, will we let them keep Haifa? We’ll take it,’ Abdelsalam al-Majali says in TV interview, while praising Israel for water supply

By Michael Bachner

Retired Supreme Court justice Elyakim Rubinstein, near his office in the Supreme Court building (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

February 5, 2018, 6:45 am

Israel can trust Mandelblit, says last AG to tackle alleged graft by Netanyahu

‘Of course there is more caution’ when a PM is being investigated, says Elyakim Rubinstein. But the bottom line: It’s all about the evidence

By David Horovitz

A view of the Dead Sea from Masada (photo credit: Shmuel Bar-Am)

November 27, 2017, 4:06 pm

Jordan said to demand answers from Israel as Red Sea-Dead Sea project stalls

Jerusalem has threatened to ditch massive infrastructure plan unless the embassy in Amman is reopened

By Dov Lieber

November 13, 2017, 11:04 pm

Israel reportedly threatens to shelve Jordan water deal until embassy reopened

Offices in Amman were shuttered in July after an Israeli security guard shot dead two Jordanians, one of whom was stabbing him

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with security guard Ziv Moyal (R) and Israel's Ambassador to Jordan Einat Schlein (L), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 25, 2017. (Haim Zach/GPO)

November 1, 2017, 10:41 pm

Israel’s Amman embassy won’t reopen until guard brought to trial – Jordan

Minister says ambassador won’t be allowed to return, demands Jerusalem follow ‘international law’ in prosecuting guard who was stabbed, then shot and killed two Jordanians

By TOI staff

August 5, 2017, 11:14 am

Israel complained to Jordan after identity of embassy guard leaked — report

Amman said to reject criticism, claiming Netanyahu’s public welcome of Ziv Moyal was to blame for publicity after Amman shooting

By Alexander Fulbright and TOI staff