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Jordan's forces will not 'run around Gaza on patrol,' King Abdullah says on Trump's plan

King Abdullah warns against peace enforcement in Gaza under Trump’s plan, urging peacekeeping efforts instead. He also discusses Jordan's humanitarian role and the potential for lasting peace.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jordan's King Abdullah II reacts as he arrives for a meeting with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at 10 Downing Street, central London, on February 15, 2024.
Israeli soldiers walk, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Israel detains four foreign nationals who illegally crossed into Israel from Jordan

The unarmed individuals may have been migrant workers.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
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.

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.

|ByYARON BUSKILA
An Israeli military vehicle waits at a barrier, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Allenby Crossing attack highlights rising terror threat from Jordan - analysis

Israeli officials have increasing concerns over threats that have come from the Kingdom of Jordan over the last several years. The last attack only confirms the concerns.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Temple Mount: Entrance reopened to worshipers after hundreds rioted

42 Palestinians injured - Red Crescent • Stones, fireworks thrown at Western Wall • Two arrested by police

APRIL 29, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with Hamas and not with peaceful Muslim worshipers.

Has Temple Mount caused a new rift in Jordan-Israeli ties? - analysis

Islamic violence has become the Temple Mount status quo. This is the “status quo” that Western leaders wish to preserve?

APRIL 20, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG shakes hands with Jordan’s King Abdullah II during his visit to Amman on Wednesday.

‘Don’t join the lies,’ Bennett says as Jordanian PM praises Palestinian rioters

Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher Al-Khasawneh praised "every Palestinian and Jordanian Islamic Wakf worker" throwing stones at "pro-Zionists who are defiling al-Aqsa Mosque."

APRIL 18, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh speaks during a joint news conference with Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon September 30, 2021.

President Isaac Herzog to meet with Jordan's King Abdullah

Herzog and the king are not strangers to each other. King Abdullah called to congratulate him when he entered office and the two have had several conversations since.

MARCH 29, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog at the memorial for former prime minister Menachem Begin, March 7, 2022.

Israeli FM Lapid, King Abdullah meet ahead of Ramadan

The meeting was meant to try to calm the situation ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which overlaps with April this year, and Passover, also in April.

MARCH 10, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II, March 10, 2022.

46% of Jordanians say Israel is greatest threat to Arab world

81% oppose the normalizations of relations between other countries and the Jewish state.

MARCH 7, 2022ByMOHAMMAD AL-KASIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Jordanians carry flags and placards as they demonstrate against the declaration of intent for water-for-energy deal signed by Israel, Jordan and the UAE, in Amman, Jordan.

Israeli businessman jailed in Jordan contracts COVID, seriously ill

Yechiel (Chilik) Chaiv is a 65-year-old Israeli businessman jailed in Jordan after falling prey to a sting operation. He also only has one lung and has contracted COVID.

AUGUST 30, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jordanian flag in Aqaba

Jordan foils plot to kill IDF soldiers - report

Four ISIS terrorists were arrested in February in connection with the planned attack, which was supposed to take place in the Ghor es-Safi area.

JULY 27, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
AN IDF soldier patrols the border area between Israel and Jordan at Naharayim, as seen from the Israeli side on October 22.

Man shot by Jordanian army while crossing Israel-Jordan border

Two of the men returned back to Jordanian territory after the first shots were fired, while the third continued to approach the border

JULY 24, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Can Israel, Jordan be good neighbors once again? - editorial

In sad contrast to the high hopes that existed when the two countries signed a peace treaty in 1994, there has been little progress in trade, tourism or diplomatic cooperation.

JULY 11, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
AN IDF soldier patrols the border area between Israel and Jordan at Naharayim, as seen from the Israeli side on October 22.