The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross said recently that the international community must get to the root causes of the conflicts in the Middle East — and their outcome, particularly the appalling refugee crisis — if these conflicts are to be d

Israel’s knee jerk reaction after its destructive 50-day war on Gaza, touted by both sides a “success”, was to announce that it will expropriate some 400 hectares of Palestinian lands in the Bethlehem region. The illegal move, which comes days after a ceasefire

The National Population Council has predicted that Amman’s current population of 2.5 million will rise to 5 million by 2050 if the current 3.2 fertility rate is maintained. Now, Jordan has a population of 6.5 million Jordanians and some 3.5 million non-Jordanians, most of

According to the international group Shelter Cluster, it would take 20 years to repair the material damage caused by Israel’s 50 days of bombardment of Gaza. The organisation seeks to assist different clusters at national level as well as other non-refugee related coordina

Teachers ended their strike in a welcome development, but that came after many days of negotiations between the Jordan Teachers Association and the Ministry of Education, at the expense of the education of public schools students. The fact that it took such a long time for the t

At a time when many Jordanians seem worried about the regional turmoil and concerned about the possibility of neighbouring flashpoints drifting into Jordan, His Majesty King Abdullah continues his efforts to put the people at ease on all national issues, including security, stabi

The indefinite ceasefire agreement reached by Hamas and Israel Tuesday is a breakthrough of sorts provided it lasts and is observed in good faith by both sides. The ceasefire left some hardcore issues for future negotiations, but relaxed the Israeli blockade on Gaza, a big immed

The Jordan Teachers Association is being intransigent, pressing ahead with the teachers’ strike despite all efforts to end it amicably, including the intervention and mediation efforts of the speaker of the Lower House of Parliament and the House’s Educational Committ

The government decided to form a panel to study and resolve the problem of traffic jams in various Jordanian cities, including the capital. Officials already attribute the exacerbation of the problem to several causes, including population growth, lack of parking spaces and exce