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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, or Baqura in Arabic, in northern Israel, 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
A view of the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on October 18, 2017. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
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
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)
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
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 the shutting down the of the embassy, expelling the ambassador, and canceling the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. (AFP PHOTO / KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
July 28, 2017, 5:03 pm
Hundreds protest against Israel in Jordan, call to end peace treaty
Amman says Israeli embassy staff cannot return until shooting of two Jordanians, including an assailant, by Israeli guard properly investigated
By Agencies and TOI staff
President Mahmoud Abbas commemorates Arafat's death, November 2008 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
April 18, 2017, 6:53 pm
Michael Oren: Palestinians were Six Day War’s ‘biggest winners’
Marking 50 years since ’67 conflict, deputy minister says it shaped Palestinian identity ‘as we know it’; Israel working on ‘diplomatic solution’
By Judah Ari Gross
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