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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.

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.
Palestinian security personnel and mourners seen in the West Bank city of Nablus, December 27, 2024

IDF held back Iranian axis from flooding terror groups in the West Bank with weapons, cmdr. says

 Israeli police officers and a soldier stand guard, in the area near Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Indian national killed by Jordanian security forces while trying to illegally enter Israel

 An illustration US President Donald Trump and the Gaza Strip

Donald Trump to rebuild Gaza? The hurdles facing the president's plans - analysis


Jordanian King Abdullah warns of escalation and conflict over Jerusalem -analysis

Jordan’s warnings on the eve of Israel’s new government may be a preview of worse - or may be calculated to channel an existing narrative.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York City, US, September 20, 2022.

Israel's Lapid lands in NY, to meet King Abdullah amid Palestinian violence

This will be the second meeting between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and King Abdullah II as violence takes over Nablus' streets.

The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US

Is Jordan planning to restore ties with Hamas?

Hamas has been banned in Jordan since 1999, but an increasing number of voices seem to be joining those calling for this decision to be reversed.

 Jordanians carry flags and banners during a demonstration to express solidarity with the Palestinian people and to celebrate the Israel-Hamas truce, in Amman, Jordan, May 21, 2021.

Israel seized 300 illegal weapons on Egyptian, Jordanian borders in 2022 - IDF

In addition to the weapons, over 2,100 kg. of drugs have been seized along the Egyptian and Jordanian borders.

 Israel security forces have seized over 2,100 kg. of smuggled drugs along the Egyptian and Jordanian borders since the start of 2022.

‘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."

 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.

Jordan's King Abdullah condemns acts of terrorism in Israel

Prior to joining their respective delegations for a joint discussion, the king and President Isaac Herzog met privately.

 Jordan's King Abdullah shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, March 28, 2022.

Israel turns to Jordan to prevent violence with Herzog, Gantz visits

Israel has pushed closer to Jordan in a massive effort to prevent an outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence next month that could destabilize both countries.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the King's Palace in Amman on March 29, 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.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II, March 10, 2022.

Herzog secretly met King Abdullah at his palace in Amman

The Herzog-Abdullah meeting comes on the sidelines of a trilateral meeting held in Cairo on Thursday between the Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority.

President Herzog addressing the foreign diplomatic corps.

Jordan, Israel sign agriculture agreement for shmita year

“Shmita” is the Biblical commandment for the Land of Israel to lay fallow every seven years, and Jewish farmers in most of modern Israel must observe it for their produce to be certified kosher.

The shmita (sabbatical) year comes once every seven years. The Torah commands us to stop working the land and let it lie fallow, leaving its yield to any man or animal.