Tag: Jordan

Jordan/Israel – Jordan’s “Incitement Force” on the Temple Mount (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen writes: At the end of the Gaza war in May, during a meeting with members of the Palestinian Affairs Committee of the...

(Jordan) The trial against Bassem Awadallah and Sharif Hassan bin Zaid

Sean Mathews writes for Al Jazeera: The guilty verdict issued by Jordan’s State Security Court to a former finance minister and a minor royal...

Jordan/Israel/West Bank – Jordan, Israel agree to water deal; more West Bank trade (Al Jazeera)

Israel and Jordan reached a deal on Thursday for the Jewish state to sell an unprecedented amount of water to the kingdom, while significantly...

Egypt/Iraq/Jordan – A new partnership 30 years in the making? (Katherine Harvey and Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

In April, the news that Iraq was mediating between longtime rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran captivated Middle East watchers. Iraq’s new role as a Saudi-Iran intermediary comes as...

Egypt/Jordan/Iraq – Egypt, Jordan and Iraq leaders meet at Baghdad summit (Al Jazeera)

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II have met in Baghdad, during the first visit by...

Jordan – Jordanian royals in turmoil: Is Prince Hamzah plotting a coup? (ORF)

ANCHAL VOHRA The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has been known as an oasis of calm and stability in a region ridden with conflicts. But...

Jordan – Royal rifts: Implications of Jordan’s family feud (The Interpreter)

SHANNON MCGARRY,  RODGER SHANAHAN A supposed coup, a would-be king and restless youth. Trouble is brewing in the Hashemite kingdom. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/royal-rifts-implications-jordan-s-family-feud

(Jordan) Jordan in turmoil (Brookings)

Bruce Riedel Jordan is in the midst of what may be its most serious political crisis in 50 years. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/04/05/jordan-in-turmoil/

(Jordan) Jordan’s Prince Hamzah vows to disobey army ‘keep silent’ order (Al Jazeera)

Hamzah, 41, says he was ordered to stay in his Amman palace but would defy the limits on his freedom of movement. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/5/jordan-prince-hamza-vows-to-disobey-armys-keep-silent-orde

(Jordan) Former Jordanian crown prince says he is under house arrest (Arab News)

Prince Hamza bin Hussein, the former heir to the throne of Jordan, said in a video statement on Saturday he was under house arrest...

(Saudi Arabia/USA/Jordan) Riyadh, Washington voice support for Jordan’s King Abdullah II (Arab News)

The Saudi royal court voiced its support for Jordan’s King Abdullah on Saturday, the Kingdom’s Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1837156/middle-east

(Jordan) US, Arab nations back Jordan’s King Abdullah amid security probe (Al Jazeera)

Support for King Abdulla comes as former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein says he is under house arrest. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/4/us-arab-nations-back-jordans-king-abdullah-amid-security-probe

(Jordan/Israel) The Canceled Visit of the Jordanian Crown Prince to the Temple Mount (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen The seemingly innocent plan to have Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein visit the Temple Mount on March 11 was not arranged by chance. No...

(Jordan/Israel) Jordan’s crown prince steps to the fore amid strained relations with Israel (Brookings)

Bruce Riedel Jordan’s 26 year-old Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah is taking a higher profile in the country’s diplomacy. He was scheduled to make his...

JORDAN – In Jordan’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections, the King Won Hands Down (Hillel Frisch, BESA Center)

Despite non-stop forebodings that have gone on for decades among analysts and the intelligentsia about the inevitable fall of the Jordanian monarchy, the recent...

USA/JORDAN – Will Biden Help to Restore Jordan’s Position in the Middle East? (Curtis R. Ryan, Arab Center Washington DC)

http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/will-biden-help-to-restore-jordans-position-in-the-middle-east/