The Daily Telegraph reported on the transfer of dozens of animals from a decrepit zoo in Gaza to Jordan thanks to an international NGO. Other media outlets made sure to include Israel’s role in facilitating this major cross-border operation. The BBC, for example, wrote: “Israel’s Land Crossing Authority chief said in a statement the country […]
By Joseph A. Klein Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, a Jordanian, assumed his functions as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on September 1, 2014. He has recently been obsessed with criticizing the Trump administration for a variety of alleged human rights sins. Considering the sorry human rights record in his home country of Jordan, […]
Hot on the heels of Israel’s erasure from the map by CNN, NPR, and the Health Professions Council of South Africa, the latest example has been brought to our attention. While the episode of the Discovery network’s Science Channel’s “What on Earth?” was originally broadcast in March 2015, it is still appearing on recent reruns. The […]
A Jordanian sheikh who issued a fatwa (Islamic ruling) against killing Jews has apparently had a change of heart. In a video released earlier this week by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Sheikh Ali Halabi, head of the Imam al-Albani religious studies center, ruled that killing Jews outside the context of war and […]
Jordan said it will fast-track the execution of a would-be suicide bomber the Islamic State was trying to free immediately following the news of the captured pilot being burned to death. The Jordanian government has said that Sajida al-Rishawi and other jailed ISIS commanders would be ‘quickly judged and sentenced’ in revenge for its pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh’s death. Jordan’s […]
Shoebat Foundation The Jordanian pilot from the U.S. led-Coalition Muath Al-Kassasbeh is arrayed in front of armed terrorists as if this was part of a Roman arena, to be caged like an animal, and then with professional filming as if it was scripted from a Hollywood movie on how the ancient Romans entertained themselves with […]
November 3, 2013 16:03 by Pesach Benson Very unprofessional: An “Obama administration official” leaked to CNN that Israel carried out last week’s attack on a Syrian missile base. Jerusalem is furious — eroding Israel’s plausible deniability raises the pressure on Bashar Assad to respond. Elliott Abrams heaps scorn on the US for a pattern of […]
In a discussion of how he expects the Israel-Arab conflict to finally be resolved, Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon said that ideally Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority would cooperate on regional issues, thus resolving generations of enmity. “I am looking for true cooperation with these partners on matters of state and security,” including […]
Arab Bank, Jordan’s largest lender, has lost a bid to avoid a U.S. trial in a lawsuit brought by terrorism victims who accuse it of supporting attacks in Israel, Bloomberg reports. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon rejected the bank’s request to throw out the case, sending it toward trial. The victims claim in […]
Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas signed an agreement on Sunday confirming their “common goal to defending” Jerusalem and their opposition to efforts to “Judaize” the eternal capital of Israel. Palestinian Authority Religious Affairs Minister Mahmoud al-Habash said the agreement confirmed Jordan’s role as protector of the city’s holy sites and […]
