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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.

|ByJERUSALEM 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.
The kibbutz serves as a unique model of an ecological cooperative community

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.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

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.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
General view of the Lahav 443 police unit headquarters in the city of Lod on November 4, 2019.

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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN

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.

'Peace finally feels obtainable': World welcomes imminent release of hostages, Gaza deal signing

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the "stakes had never been higher" for establishing a two-state solution.

OCTOBER 9, 2025ByJAMES GENN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS, TNS
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

Jordan sentences nine in Muslim Brotherhood plot against state

Nine defendants were sentenced after being accused of plotting to use drones and missiles in attacks on sensitive locations within Jordan.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByREUTERS
Protesters in the Jordanian capital Amman fly the national and Palestinian flags as well as flags of the Muslim Brotherhood, as they rally in support of Palestinians on January 27, 2023

Palestinian mother of US Navy sailor evacuated from Gaza in coordinated operation - report

Ahlam Firwana was extracted through Israeli and Jordanian coordination after her son’s pleas to US officials.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
PALESTINIANS RELOCATE after the IDF issued evacuation orders in Gaza City in June. The writer asks: How is it that an army that warns civilians before striking and holds itself to impossible ethical standards is accused of genocide?

Israel deports 131 Gaza flotilla activists to Jordan, Jordan state news says

The activists were deported via the Allenby Bridge crossing.

OCTOBER 7, 2025ByREUTERS
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate during a nationwide strike called by the USB union to condemn the Israel's interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Bologna, Italy, October 3, 2025.

Queen Rania and manifestations of antisemitism in Jordan - opinion

The atmosphere in Jordan blurs the line between legitimate criticism of Israeli policy and antisemitism.

OCTOBER 6, 2025ByELIE PODEH, RONEN YITZHAK
JORDAN’S QUEEN RANIA: She argued in a CNN interview in November 2023 that ‘Israel uses antisemitism to deflect criticism,’ the writers note.

Israeli citizen imprisoned in Jordan for three months returns to Israel

Salameh was transferred back to Israel via the Jordan River Crossing after talks that took place in recent months with the assistance of the Foreign Ministry, Shin Bet, and Israel Police.

OCTOBER 1, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mahmoud Salameh, an Israeli citizen who was imprisoned in Jordan for three months, returns to Israel, October 1, 2025.

How the UNGA earned applause and ensured the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will continue

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: France, Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar stripped this conflict of context, ignored Hamas’s role, and turned the UN into a stage for symbolism divorced from reality.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2025ByHERB KEINON
French President Emmanuel Macron is seen at the UN General Assembly.

Justifying Oct. 7: Jordan's curriculum full of antisemitic, anti-Israel content, passages

IMPACT-se studied 294 textbooks from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan’s national school curriculum.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
A Jordanian flag flies over the capital city, Amman, Jordan August 17, 2025.

Trump's meeting with Muslim countries focuses on reaching permanent ceasefire in Gaza

Trump met with leaders from United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Indonesia and Pakistan

SEPTEMBER 24, 2025ByREUTERS
U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attend a multilateral meeting during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2025.