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Archaeologist Thomas Levy with his new memoir 'The Boomer Archaeologist,' in Jerusalem in September 2025. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)
December 6, 2025, 2:01 pm
New graphic memoir traces how archaeology – and US academia – evolved over 50 years
In ‘The Boomer Archaeologist,’ UC San Diego Prof. Thomas Levy presents the story of his American dream, passion for research and love for Israel, while digging across the world
By Rossella Tercatin
Jordan's parliament convenes in Amman, December 15, 2021. (Khalil Mazraawi / AFP)
September 9, 2024, 5:52 pm
Jordan’s pro-Hamas opposition, buoyed by Gaza war, seeks shakeup in Tuesday vote
Muslim Brotherhood political arm demands abrogation of pro-Western kingdom’s ties with Israel, overhaul of electoral system that disadvantages urban Islamists
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Supporters of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood take part in a protest in the village of Sweimeh, near the Jordanian border with the West Bank, on May 21, 2021 (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
May 22, 2021, 2:22 am
Jordanians rally to celebrate ‘victory of the resistance’ against Israel
Thousands in country at peace with Jewish state gather at border, chant ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Let’s trade the olive branch for the gun’
By Agencies
Jordan River. (Screenshot)
April 13, 2021, 11:25 am
Israel okays Jordanian request for water after several weeks’ delay
Top Israeli officials and Biden administration reportedly encouraged Netanyahu to provide water to Jordan; sources accuse PM of endangering peace deal
By ToI Staff
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz speaks to CNN, March 2, 2020. (CNN screenshot)
March 2, 2020, 8:04 pm
Jordanian PM says ties with Israel at a nadir, peace treaty ‘at risk’
Omar Razzaz warns West Bank annexation could send relations into ‘deep freeze mode’; denounces ‘violation’ of Muslim, Christian sites in Jerusalem
By ToI Staff
Jordanian television host Rana Hmouz in a November 12, 2019 broadcast on Jordan Today TV in which she called to cancel the Israel-Jordan peace agreement and 'gouge out the eyes of the Zionists.' (YouTube screen capture)
November 13, 2019, 10:28 pm
Jordanian TV host calls to ‘gouge out eyes of the Zionists’
Praising return of border lands to Jordan, Rana Hmouz calls to ‘trample the peace accord underfoot’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Marwan Muasher, then Jordan's deputy premier, delivers a speech on November 13, 2005. (AP Photo/Nader Daoud)
November 11, 2019, 6:20 pm
First Jordanian envoy to Israel says peace accord should be reexamined
Marwan Muasher, who was later kingdom’s foreign minister, says he’s ‘haunted’ by his past role, claims Jerusalem could be planning mass expulsion of Palestinians to Jordan
By Michael Bachner
Then-US president Bill Clinton puts his hand on his heart, as he stands with then-Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Jordan's King Hussein while national anthems are played at the Israeli/Jordan peace signing ceremony at the Wadi Araba Israel/Jordan border crossing near Eilat in Israel on October 26, 1994. (AP/David Brauchli)
October 27, 2019, 7:44 pm
US marks 25 years of peace treaty between Jordan and Israel
Secretary of State Pompeo says 1994 agreement ‘began a tradition of peaceful and respectful cooperation that continues today’
By JTA
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/File)
October 27, 2019, 8:35 am
Jordan mulled downgrading ties after PM vowed to annex Jordan Valley: report
Israeli official says King Abdullah II considered recalling ambassador, relented after concluding Netanyahu’s pledge was an election stunt
By ToI Staff
Jordanian protesters wave national flags and chant slogans during a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in the capital Amman on July 28, 2017, calling for shutting the embassy, expelling the ambassador, and canceling the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
October 25, 2019, 11:04 am
Colder than ever: 25 years on, Israel and Jordan ignore peace treaty anniversary
Security cooperation is in good shape, but trade is declining, diplomatic relations are frosty, and the imminent retaking of ‘Isle of Peace’ symbolizes ties under growing strain
By Raphael Ahren and Adam Rasgon
The border between Israel and Jordan in the Jordan valley area called Naharayim, or Baqura in Arabic, in northern Israel, October 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
October 24, 2019, 10:17 am
Jordanians say 25-year peace with Israel ‘cold and getting colder’
Many in the Hashemite kingdom still see the neighboring Jewish state as an enemy, and one that is not interested in regional peace
By Mussa Hattar
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
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