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Iran hits Jordanian territory again in missile attack: Will Israel join the war?

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Lebanese army officers speak with villagers waiting to return to their homes at the entrance to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, a village in southern Lebanon.
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

A Jordanian man stands guard in a military outpost overlooking the Israeli-Jordanian border, as seen from southern Israel near Paran, December 12, 2025

Ondas’ 4M Defense wins tender for large-scale border demining project in Israel

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.

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


Jordanian lawmaker must face trial for weapon smuggling - Israel's Cohen

"The basic demand is for him to be put on trial and pay the price," Eli Cohen said. "Such an incident cannot be allowed to pass."

 Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen is seen at a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 25, 2023.

Jordan is playing a dangerous game with Israel - opinion

Jordan’s delicate strategic status should not serve as a cover and pretext for echoing knowingly false and flawed accusations against its neighbor Israel.

 JORDAN’S KING Abdullah and Queen Rania arrive to meet with the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, earlier this month.

Israeli vigilante settlers must be held to account – US

It’s the second time this month the UAE has called for the UNSC to meet on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

 Gilad Erdan, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss recent developments at the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US, January 5, 2023.

Jordan to host Israeli-Palestinian talks to avert violent escalation on Sunday

The meeting is aimed at giving Palestinians hope for a political future, a senior Jordanian official stated.

 Arab Israelis protest in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Jenin refugee camp, in Umm al-Fahm, January 27, 2023.

As tensions grow, all eyes are on the Temple Mount

Building mechanisms to prevent escalation in Jerusalem should be an immediate move - but could also be a first step to cooperation on other issues

 MK Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Temple Mount, in May.

Jordanians see gloomy picture in Netanyahu’s return

Experts say the expected new coalition in Israel will be pulled to the far right, and that unity among Israel’s Arab-majority parties could have prevented this outcome.

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog and King Abdullah II of Jordan meeting at the COP27 conference in Egypt, November 7, 2022.

Israel delays 24-hour opening of Allenby crossing for Palestinians once more

This marks the second delay in the project since Prime Minister Yair Lapid promised US President Joe Biden in July that he would expand the hours of operation.

 Israeli soldiers stand near the entrance to Allenby Bridge, a crossing point between Jordan and the West Bank, March 10, 2014.

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

US must respond to religious discrimination at Jordan's border - opinion

We had crossed the Israel/Jordan border on foot and the experience was nothing less than degrading and outright antisemitic.

 THE WRITERS undergo a security check at the border crossing by Jordanian personnel (faces blurred), with the religious items placed on the table.

Israel to advance joint industrial zone with Jordan

The idea was first raised in peace talks between Jerusalem and Amman in 1994 and revived in recent years.

 Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan, July 27, 2022