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The buffer holding Israel's longest border together is getting thinner - opinion

Jordan’s stability has long protected Israel’s eastern flank, but it’s collapse could turn the country’s longest border into a new front

AUGUST 13, 2026|ByERIC R. MANDEL

Jordan occupies a critical position between Israel, Iraq and Syria, making the kingdom an important buffer against weapons smuggling, militant infiltration and Iranian efforts to expand its regional influence.

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Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.

A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis

The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025.

JULY 7, 2026|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

APRIL 5, 2026|ByGERSHON BASKIN

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Israel begins construction of upgraded security barrier on Jordan border

Israel has begun construction on the first two sections of an upgraded security barrier along its border with Jordan, a key part of a $1.7B project to strengthen the border against emerging threats.

OCTOBER 30, 2025|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS

Netanyahu welcomes home Jordan envoy and freed embassy guard

“I am happy to see you, happy that things ended the way they did.”

JULY 25, 2017ByHERB KEINON

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets in his office with Ziv the Israeli guard stabbed in the Jordan embassy complex

Analysis: Can Israeli-Jordanian ties survive Temple Mount violence?

Rather then breaking off ties, both leaders used the embassy shooting to wager a behind the scenes deal that allowed both Netanyahu and King Abdullah to claim victory.

JULY 25, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Israeli police man a barricade on Salah a Din street after a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem, July 14, 2017.

The Amman shooting incident at the Israeli Embassy

Hopefully, the Amman shooting incident will be solved through intensive political and diplomatic contacts before it grows to a major bilateral and regional crisis.

JULY 24, 2017ByELY KARMON

A policeman is seen near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan July 23, 2017.

An anachronistic censor?

Israel needs to think twice before retreating into a shell of silence and allowing media outlets hostile to the Jewish state to present their slanted version of events.

JULY 24, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL