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Terror? The writing was on the (Jordanian royal palace) wall - opinion

Thursday’s deadly Allenby Crossing attack was years in the making, fueled by Jordan’s rhetoric, radical education, and public anger that now threatens the monarchy itself.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025|ByYARON BUSKILA

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

MURAD ADAILAH, the head of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood, is interviewed in Amman, earlier this month.

Islam’s influence in Jordan presenting significant challenges for the king - opinion

The recent Jordanian elections saw a significant rise in support for the Islamic Action Front, highlighting the growing influence of political Islam and presenting new challenges for Israel.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024|ByRONEN YITZHAK, ELIE PODEH

Members of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front gesture during a protest in Amman, Jordan September 13, 2015.

Jordan's political future looks uncertain as Islamists make gains in recent election - opinion

The September 10 election resulted in Jordan’s leading Islamist opposition party, the IAF, winning 31 out of the 138 parliamentary seats.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024|ByNEVILLE TELLER

The motorcade of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken drives on a road after a visit at a World Food Program (WFP) regional warehouse, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Amman, Jordan, January 7, 2024.

Jordanian explosives case leaves Amman security forces searching for clues

Jordanian security services revealed that explosives were seized in a commercial store in the Abu Alanda area, a neighborhood east of Amman.

JUNE 25, 2024|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Jews are the owners of the Temple Mount - opinion

No other nation shares this history, no other nation has had the same capital for 3,000 years and has never had another one, and Jerusalem was never the capital of any other nation.

JANUARY 9, 2023ByGILAD SHARON

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, last year. It’s ridiculous that the Israel-Jordan peace deal gives the kingdom a special role at the Temple Mount, says the writer.

Jordanian crown prince announces engagement to Rajwa Al Saif

The Jordanian crown prince's fiancé was born in Riyadh and studied in New York .The engagement was attended by members of the Royal Hashemite Court and Al Saif family.

AUGUST 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jordanian Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 21, 2017.

Jordan to become a full democracy within a decade

The Jordanian Royal commission is in discussions regarding a three-phase plan to empower political parties, leading to a fully-fledged democracy.

AUGUST 6, 2021ByDAOUD KUTTAB/THE MEDIA LINE

JORDAN’S KING ABDULLAH II speaks after being welcomed by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the US Capitol in Washington earlier this month.

Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire began 105 years ago today

The impact of the revolt helped contribute to the downfall of the Ottoman Empire and continues to impact Middle Eastern geopolitics to this day.

JUNE 10, 2021ByAARON REICH

Soldiers in the Arab Army during the Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, carrying the Arab Flag of the Arab Revolt and pictured in the Hejaz.

Jordan's 100th birthday: Centenary of the ‘most unstable’ state - opinion

Despite periodic claims of Jordan’s instability and concerns about its collapse, the kingdom has not only survived 100 years, but is considered one of the most stable states in the Middle East.

APRIL 21, 2021ByELIE PODEH, RONEN YITZHAK

JORDAN’S KING Abdullah II and members of the royal family pray at tombs of royalty in the Raghdan Palace in Amman earlier this month.

Jordan's Royal Drama: No coup, just a big crisis

The discontent in the kingdom has reached the royals, and this is where changes can happen.

APRIL 20, 2021ByJOSEF OLMERT

Jordan’s King Abdullah (second right) poses with his brothers (left to right) Prince Hashem, Prince Faisel, Crown Prince Hamzah and Prince Ali (R) during a family photo after the marriage of Crown Prince Hamza to his bride Princess Noor at the Royal Palace in Amman on August 30, 2003

Despite jump in coronavirus cases, Jordan holding election

Amman has been unable to enforce full closure despite the spike in infections, experts say.

NOVEMBER 6, 2020ByDIMA ABUMARIA/ THE MEDIA LINE

A man wears a protective face mask as he walks along the main market in downtown after the government eased the restrictions on movement aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus in Amman, Jordan

Is Jordan’s stability indispensable?

It would be wise for Israel and the US to plan for the day that a Jordanian uprising destabilizes the kingdom with civil war and anarchy, similar to the Syrian civil war.

FEBRUARY 18, 2020ByERIC R MANDEL