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Thanassis Cambanis
這個月的立法競選在喬丹的緩慢，但做的行軍應該是意義重大對民主變動。 但哈姆斯』上升到力量在巴勒斯坦當局和Gaza它的猛烈接管在6月在喬丹投下了重的陰影在政治， Hashemite國君維護一個緊，獨裁夾子[...]

Amir Oren
IDF資深命令在軍隊的五年計劃拿著一個車間這個星期， 8月22日。 IDF在以後五年為以下情景做準備： 反對與達到核能力一個敵對國家的危險(伊朗的以色列不毗鄰，特別是)，與敘利亞， [...]的一場戰爭

一定數量的阿拉伯國家最近加速了他們的核項目以回應伊朗的叛教的核搜尋，要求他們追求`平安的』原子。 阿拉伯聯合酋長國、沙特阿拉伯、也門、喬丹和埃及全部有核項目在發展不同的階段，即使區域有巨大的石油儲備生產便宜的[...]

Jordan’s King Abdullah II flatly rejected a confederation with the Palestinians on July 1, calling any such proposal at the current time a “conspiracy” against his kingdom and the Palestinians, a local newspaper reported. The key US ally in the region fears that any confederation before a final settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict could give [...]

The Israeli government has approved the creation of a railway linking Jordan to the northern Israeli port of Haifa, the cabinet announced on Sunday, March 11. Most of the projects will be concentrated in the Jordan Valley and will include the construction of a cross-desert canal system linking the Red Sea and [...]

Citing the risks of further delay, Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Wednesday March 14, the United States must take the lead in creating conditions for a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Ha’aretz reported on February 14, that at least 25 Jordanian lawmakers have signed a petition urging the government to officially declare that Israel has “violated” the peace treaty reached between the two countries in 1994 by continuing repair and excavation work near Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque.

The Middle East is verging on three civil wars - in Iraq, Israel and Lebanon - according to Jordan’s King Abdullah in statements earlier this week. Saying that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is the “emotional core” of all the conflicts in the Mid East, King Abdullah petitioned the international community to look at the “big picture” [...]

An environmental group, Friends of the Earth - Middle East, has warned of a dramatic drop in the quantity and quality of the water in the southern end of the Jordan River, following the completion of a joint Jordanian and Syrian-built dam. The group told Ha’aretz that over the next summer, the river could dry [...]

IDF preparing for “larger than ever” Gaza operation!Israeli and Palestinian media sources reported that one of two Hamas gunmen killed by the ID F on October 18, was involved in masterminding the cross-border attack in June in which two IDF soldiers were killed and Gilad Shalit was kidnapped. Meanwhile, with Kassam rockets [...]