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Trump signs order to advance labeling Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists

"President Trump is confronting the Muslim Brotherhood’s transnational network, which fuels terrorism and destabilization campaigns against US interests and allies in the Middle East,"

|ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One en route to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders’ summit on ending the Israel-Hamas War, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ben-Gurion Airport, October 13.
Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee their homes after the IDF issued evacuation orders, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, June 3, 2025

Hundreds of Gazans evacuated from Strip for medical treatment - COGAT

Nearly 300 Gazans needing medical care left Gaza via Israel and Jordan for treatment abroad after vetting and coordination with global partners.

|ByJAMES GENN
Palestinians walk past the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, November 19, 2025.

Israeli strikes across Gaza undermine fragile ceasefire, Qatar and Saudi Arabia warn

This comes after the IDF targeted a senior Hamas terrorist in a strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

|ByTAL SPUNGIN
An inter-ministerial directors-general team, led by Defense Ministry Director-General Maj. Gen. (res.) Amir Baram with the acting director-general of the Prime Minister’s Office Drorit Steinmetz and Settlement Affairs Ministry Director-General Avi Meir, toured the Jordan border, November 18, 2025.

Israel’s top civil service chiefs tour Jordan border to shape five-year eastern front plan

Defense Ministry Director General Amir Baram led an inter-ministerial team to review security, settlement, and infrastructure needs along Jordan's border.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Benjamin Netanyahu rejects request by Norway's Jonas Støre to visit Israel

Støre claimed that the visit was denied due to Norway's support of the International Criminal Court's decisions against Israel, as well Norway's recognition of a Palestinian state. 

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, August 25, 2025.

Jordan's King Abdullah arrives in Pakistan for high-level talks to expand bilateral ties

Pakistani officials said the visit represents the first trip by a Jordanian monarch in more than two decades.

NOVEMBER 16, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Jerusalem Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab, chairman of the Wakf Council, dies age 79

Israel Police arrested Sheikh Abdel Azim Salhab in 2019 after riots at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

NOVEMBER 14, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The last Friday prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, March 28, 2025

Egypt and Jordan: The overlooked partners in postwar Gaza - opinion

Despite economic and political pressures, both countries remain natural partners against Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and should be factored into any realistic plan.

NOVEMBER 8, 2025ByMARK LAVIE/THE MEDIA LINE
The sun sets behind the rubble of destroyed buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, November 6, 2025.

Jordanian-Palestinian confederation: A new potential path to peace - opinion

A Jordanian-Palestinian confederation is the heart of the proposed paradigm.

NOVEMBER 6, 2025ByCHUCK FREILICH
UK PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron await the arrival of PA head Mahmoud Abbas at the Sharm el-Sheikh international summit on Gaza last month. The classic two-state solution is no longer viable, the writer maintains.

Jordan's Queen Rania compares Israel to Nazi Germany in Munich speech

Queen Rania misquoted Israeli officials, accusing them of spreading hate speech against Palestinians in the wake of Hamas's October 7 massacre.

NOVEMBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah speaks during the Fundacion Telmex "Mexico Siglo XXI" (Telmex Foundation Mexico XXI Century) annual event in Mexico City, Mexico, September 5, 2025.

Jordanian lawyer disbarred for representing Israeli kibbutz in business dispute

A Jordanian lawyer was disbarred for representing an Israeli kibbutz in a business dispute. The lawyer seeks Israeli intervention, claiming discrimination.

OCTOBER 27, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
The kibbutz serves as a unique model of an ecological cooperative community

On This Day: Israel, Jordan sign 1994 peace treaty, ending forty-six years of war

Following Egypt in 1979, Jordan was the second Arab country in the Middle East to sign a peace treaty with Israel.

OCTOBER 26, 2025ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

Turkish nationals charged over plot to smuggle firearms from Iran into Israel

Three Turkish nationals were charged in Nazareth with plotting to smuggle pistols from Iran into Israel through Jordan, including one accused of aiding terror.

OCTOBER 26, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN
General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019.

Iraq launches probe after diplomat accused of taking towels from Jordan hotel

Iraqi diplomat accused of taking towels from Jordanian hotel, now she demands investigation and is receiving tribal support.

OCTOBER 20, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A beach Towel is seen draped over a boat with the flag of Jordan (illustrative)

Jordan, Arab Parliament welcome Gaza ceasefire agreement

Jordan and the Arab Parliament praised the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, calling it a key step toward peace and urging urgent aid for Gaza.

OCTOBER 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi at a press conference in Amman, September 10, 2025.