Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty

Screen capture from video of the Tzofar area of land between Israel and Jordan. (YouTube)

October 16, 2019, 12:26 pm

Jordan denies it agreed to extend Israeli access to border lands it wants back

Israeli officials say King Abdullah to allow farmers to raise crops for one more season before enclave is returned to Hashemite Kingdom following expiration of lease

By TOI staff

The Jordanian border crossing into the Island of Peace, January 29, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

October 14, 2019, 7:54 am

Israeli farmers sweat as land they worked for decades to be given back to Jordan

Jerusalem will soon have to cede control of two parcels of land after Amman refused to extend lease outlined in peace accord; tenants say the government has failed them

By Omer Sharvit

A Bedouin shepherd walks with his herd of sheep in the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on September 11, 2019 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

September 15, 2019, 2:05 pm

Annexing the Jordan Valley threatens regional security

The strip along the Jordan River’s west bank has little military value, but it does offer opportunities to cooperate toward peace (Op-Ed)

By Gidon Bromberg and Yana Abu Taleb

Israeli security forces walk past the Dome of the Rock shrine, as they arrive at the Temple Mount compound in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 11, 2019, after clashes broke out during the overlapping Jewish and Muslim holidays of Eid al-Adha and Tisha B'Av. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

August 19, 2019, 10:10 pm

Jordan lawmakers call to ‘review’ peace with Israel over Temple Mount violence

In nonbinding ‘recommendations,’ MPs also urge ‘expelling the ambassador of the Zionist entity’ and recalling Jordan’s envoy to the Jewish state

By TOI staff

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 (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