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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

US-Jordan relations

A man rides his moped past a billboard bearing portraits of slain terror leaders, Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas (left), Iranian Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani (C), and Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr on the main road near the Beirut International Airport on August 3, 2024. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
August 5, 2024, 10:11 am
US said to believe Iran attack on Israel imminent, Biden to hold situation room meeting
G7 urges Mideast de-escalation: Recent events ‘threaten to ignite a broader conflict’; Gallant, Austin discuss ‘series of scenarios and corresponding defensive, offensive capabilities’
By ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden arrives with Jordan's King Abdullah II to speak in the Cross Hall of the White House, February 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
May 6, 2024, 12:53 pm
Biden to host Jordan’s Abdullah in Washington as Gaza truce-hostage deal hopes dim
Jordanian diplomat says two leaders will sit down in White House for ‘informal private meeting’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks out of his plane upon his arrival at the airport in the Jordanian capital Amman on April 30, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP)
April 30, 2024, 5:01 pm
Blinken visits Jordan to push Gaza aid in second leg of regional diplomacy trip
US top diplomat to meet king, foreign minister on humanitarian relief for the Strip, Amman’s role in downing drones fired by Iran at Israel
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden arrives with Jordan's King Abdullah II to speak in the Cross Hall of the White House, February 12, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
February 12, 2024, 11:40 pm
Jordan in ‘balancing act’ between Palestinian majority and key allies US, Israel
Caught between Hamas-supporting population and strategic partnerships with US and Israel, Jordanian King Abdullah to try to bring weight to bear this week in DC, says expert
By Gianluca Pacchiani
US President Joe Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on May 13, 2022. (Royal Hashemite Court)
February 8, 2024, 8:04 pm
Jordanian king to meet Biden on efforts to end Israel-Hamas war
Two will also discuss increasing ‘humanitarian assistance’ to Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, finding a viable path to a two-state solution, White House says
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jordanian soldiers patrol near the eastern Jordan-Syria border, in al-Washash, Mafraq governorate, Jordan, on February 17, 2022, during a media tour organized by the Jordanian army. (AP Photo/ Raad Adayleh/ File)
January 28, 2024, 8:35 pm
US says 3 troops killed, 25 hurt in drone attack in Jordan; Biden: ‘We shall respond’
President blames Iran-backed militias for strike on American soldiers near Syria border; Amman claims attack took place on Syrian side of frontier
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures as he arrives in Abu Dhabi on January 7, 2024. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
January 7, 2024, 11:59 pm
Blinken warns against Gazans’ displacement; says war may ‘metastasize’ to wider region
US secretary of state meets with Arab leaders in bid to advance talks on Strip’s post-war future; German FM in Israel visit calls for ‘less intensive’ Gaza fighting
By Agencies
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at the State Department, in Washington, October 30, 2023. (Alex Brandon/AP)
November 2, 2023, 8:37 am
Blinken to enter Gaza diplomatic fray as Biden calls for ‘pause’ to get hostages out
Secretary of state will reiterate US support for Israel in its campaign against Hamas, but message expected to be complicated by regional and international anger over conflict
By Agencies, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Bassem Awadallah, one of two former officials accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, appears on a mobile phone screen as he attends a verdict hearing at a state security court, in Amman, Jordan, on July 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)
September 15, 2023, 10:15 pm
Jordan rejects US request to release ex-official accused of plot against king
Bassem Awadallah, a dual Jordanian-American citizen, has spent over 2 years in jail after conviction in what he says was a sham trial in which he was robbed of due process
By Julia Frankel
President of the Iraqi Kurdistan autonomous region Nechirvan Barzani (R) meets with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Arbil on March 7, 2023. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
March 7, 2023, 12:25 pm
Ahead of Israel visit, US defense secretary makes unannounced trip to Iraq
Lloyd Austin touches down in Baghdad after meeting with King Abdullah in Amman, where pair discussed mutual concerns over ‘escalation in tensions in the West Bank and Jerusalem’
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Joe Biden (R) greets Jordan's King Abdullah (L) and Prince Hussein at the Oval Office on February 2, 2023. (White House)
February 3, 2023, 2:05 am
Biden hosts Jordan’s Abdullah for third time, in nod to king’s role in region
US president reaffirms backing for Amman’s custodianship of Jerusalem holy places and importance of preserving Temple Mount status quo; monarch also meets with Jewish leaders
By Jacob Magid
US President Donald Trump gives a press conference with King Abdullah II of Jordan in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 5, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
September 15, 2022, 9:06 am
Book: Trump offered West Bank to Jordan; king: ‘I thought I was having heart attack’
Then-US president said to have proposed ‘great deal’ to Abdullah II in January 2018; Hashemite monarch quoted recalling: ‘I couldn’t breathe. I was bent doubled-over’
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken March 21, 2017, Ahlam al-Tamimi is photographed during an interview in her home in the Jordanian capital of Amman. (AP Photo/Omar Akour)
July 12, 2022, 4:23 am
US still seeking extradition of Sbarro bomber as victim’s parents ask to meet Biden
No word on request from victim Malki Roth’s family to meet with president during Israel trip; Ahlam Tamimi planned 2001 pizzeria bombing, killing 15 in Jerusalem
By AP
Malki Roth (Courtesy of the Roth family)
July 11, 2022, 4:57 am
Parents of Malki Roth, slain at Sbarro, seek to meet Biden on extraditing terrorist
Family of Israeli-US girl killed in 2001 J’lem bombing want president to ‘look us in the eyes,’ explain why Jordan seen as ally when it won’t extradite orchestrator Ahlam Tamimi
By Josef Federman
US President Joe Biden hosts Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House on May 13, 2022. (Royal Hashemite Court)
May 14, 2022, 5:17 am
Hosting king, Biden affirms Jordanian role overseeing Muslim sites in Jerusalem
White House voices support for maintaining Temple Mount status quo after Jordanian monarch visits, as tensions climb between Amman and Jerusalem
By ToI Staff and AP
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