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Jordan: In-Depth Reports
The Internal Palestinian Fight for Jerusalem
Who’s who in the battle for “Al Quds” Read More »
Growing Tensions in Jerusalem amid Holy Days
Jewish and Muslim holy days this week may spur new tension. Read More »
Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan Refuses to Condemn Islamic State for Killing Jordanian Pilot
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Burning of the Jordanian Pilot. Read More »
Amb. Dore Gold Addresses the Israeli President’s Conference – 2013
Jerusalem, June 19, 2013 Permanent Status Negotiations with the Palestinians I thought the question was a little bit different, what you asked. Should we sit and wait, or should we act? So I interpreted what the question was as, “should […] Read More »
A Code Of Conduct For The Middle East
In 1996, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan convened an international forum at the Hashimiyya Palace in Amman with guests from the entire Middle East as well as noted statesmen from outside the region. Read More »
Meanwhile, in Jordan…
The U.S. and its allies must have a strategic interest in protecting Jordan’s economic stability and in assuring that it has the full support of the Gulf states, which together are ultimately facing the very same threat from the east. Read More »
Shamir’s Diplomatic Legacy
His actions reflected the extent to which he understood the vulnerability of Israel and his responsibility to protect it. Read More »
Michael Widlanski on the Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations by Lee Smith
Jewish Political Studies Review 23:1-2 (Spring 2011) What is the key to understanding the Middle East? Sometimes a perceptive outsider can grasp the political culture of a state or a region better than a native observer or an academic. Lee […] Read More »
The Arab Peace Initiative: A Primer and Future Prospects
In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., Saudi Arabia was under intense scrutiny since 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudis. In Feb. 2002, Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia proposed to Israel “full withdrawal” from the territories in return for “full normalization.” Read More »
The Mount of Olives in Jerusalem: Why Continued Israeli Control Is Vital
The Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives, that the Palestinians demand to transfer to their control, is the most important Jewish cemetery in the world. The area has constituted a religious and national pantheon for the Jewish people and the State of Israel, containing the tombs of the illustrious dead of the nation over the course of 3,000 years. Read More »
The European Union Report on Jerusalem: Distortions and Omissions
An imbalanced EU position paper on Jerusalem written in December 2008, and recently leaked to the media, completely ignores Israel’s historical and legal rights to its capital. The EU attack refers primarily to the City of David, located just beyond Jerusalem’s Old City walls, an area identified by archaeologists and historians as the location of King David’s capital some 3,000 years ago. Read More »
Banging Square Pegs Into Round Holes
Throughout 2008, U.S. mediation on the outlines of a settlement were once again the equivalent of banging a square peg into a round hole: the territorial demands of the Palestinian leadership did not fit into the territorial space Israel could afford to vacate without compromising its minimal security needs as well as its most important historical rights, especially in Jerusalem. Read More »
Israeli Approvals for Medical Entry in the Shadow of Terror Attacks at the Erez Crossing
Human rights groups have criticized the Israeli government for denying access to Gazans seeking to receive permits for care in hospitals in Israel, the PA and Jordan. Yet the data shows that the number of patients receiving permits for referrals to hospitals in Israel – or the PA or Jordan – increased by 45 percent from 4,932 in 2006 to 7,176 in 2007, and continued to increase in the first six months of 2008, despite increasing rocket attacks on Israel’s civilian population. Read More »
Jordan’s Outreach to Hamas: The Politics of Distress
Hamas influence in Jordan and the West Bank is rising. Iran and Russia are moving to reshape the Middle East. At the same time, Jordan fears it cannot trust the political will of its traditional allies as Israel has diplomatically engaged Jordan’s adversaries – Syria and Hamas. Read More »
A New Strategy for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
From Oslo to Annapolis, we have engaged in a top-down strategy. We aimed to reach a political horizon or a final settlement agreement with the Palestinian leadership, hoping that political reform among Palestinians would follow. I propose we replace this approach with a bottom-up strategy in which the PA first proves its willingness and ability to govern. Read More »