Posts Tagged: King Abdullah of Jordan
Mideast Leaders Plus France Meet in Baghdad to Talk Security
Several Middle Eastern leaders and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Baghdad on Saturday at a summit hosted by Iraq, which wants its neighbors to...
Jordanian PM Rejects Demands to Scrap Tax Law After Protests
Jordan's prime minister refused to scrap an IMF-backed tax reform bill on Saturday that has sparked the largest protests in over five years against steep...
Report: Jordanian King, Palestinian President Reject Israeli Offer to Reduce Number of Non-Muslim Visitors to Temple Mount
In an effort to reduce tensions and restore calm, Israel presented an offer to Jordan and the Palestinian Authority to reduce the number of Jewish...
Jordanian Parliament Calls for Expulsion of Israeli Ambassador
Ynet - Jordan's MPs on Wednesday unanimously demanded the government expel Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo over "the occupation measures" at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, state...
Jordan’s Islamist MPs Openly Challenging Country’s Alliance with Israel
Times of Israel - Increasingly "disobedient" Jordanian parliamentarians are challenging the Hashemite leadership's firm relationship with Israel, in a not-so-subtle tug of war...
Leading Palestinian Journalist: Palestinian Confederation with Jordan is Possible
Should—and will—Palestinians seek a confederation with Jordan? Daoud Kuttab, a leading Palestinian journalist, writes in the Atlantic that it's not out of the realm of...
