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By Editorial - Nov 30,2014
Last week’s negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 ended up with the decision to extend talks and set a new deadline for reaching an agreement in seven months’ time. This should be seen as a positive development, whereby Iran’s nuclear programme is treated like
By Editorial - Nov 29,2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu seems to be going ahead with his plan to enact legislation describing Israel as a Jewish state and a homeland for the Jewish people everywhere despite protests even from within his own Cabinet. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said th
By Editorial - Nov 27,2014
The National Communication on Climate Change has just issued a new warning to Jordan, predicting that global warming can be expected to cause a steady increase in temperature, more dry spells and a dramatic drop in precipitation during the coming decades. Temperatures are projec
By Editorial - Nov 26,2014
The Israeli ambassador to Jordan has exceeded recognised diplomatic practices  and norms by attacking parliamentarians, for whatever reason. It is not the envoy’s place to do so; if anything, one of diplomats’ duties is to build bridges of understanding between
By Editorial - Nov 24,2014
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has warned that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is turning more and more into religious warfare. As if the enmity between Israelis and Palestinians — brought about by Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands — were not enough,
By Editorial - Nov 23,2014
Israel’s return to the policy of destroying homes of Palestinians suspected of attacking Israelis has drawn wide-scale condemnation worldwide and rightly so. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has spearheaded this condemnation describing it as a grave war crime, w
By Editorial - Nov 22,2014
It says a lot when Japan, which is facing its own economic challenges, decides to grant Jordan 2.4 billion yen and pledges further support to the Kingdom. The decision to provide Jordan with this grant was made during His Majesty King Abdullah’s visit to Japan which he con
By Editorial - Nov 20,2014
His Majesty King Abdullah, in an interview with Japan’s NHK television network during a working visit to Japan, said that Jordan must have astounded the world with its ability to carry the burden of Syrian refugees. “People are still, I think, staggering that Jordan
By Editorial - Nov 19,2014
It is no surprise that Jordan came top among Arab countries that witnessed progress in democratic reform, according to the Arab Democracy Index. In its fourth edition, the index is put together by the Arab Reform Initiative which, this year, saw Jordan score 58 points higher tha
By Editorial - Nov 18,2014
Israel is once again refusing to cooperate with the UN over its violations of human rights and humanitarian law, this time in regard to its 50-day war on Gaza in the summer. The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) had appointed a committee to investigate charges that Israel committe

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