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Israel to build 500-km Jordan border barrier, expand settlements in major Defense Ministry plan

The centerpiece of the security plan is a comprehensive new border barrier stretching approximately 500 kilometers along Israel's border with Jordan, at an estimated cost of NIS 5.5 billion.

The recently fortified border wall between Israel and Lebanon is seen from the Bedouin Arab village of Arab Al Aramshe on November 04, 2026 in the Western Galillee, Israel.
Jordan occupies a critical position between Israel, Iraq and Syria, making the kingdom an important buffer against weapons smuggling, militant infiltration and Iranian efforts to expand its regional influence.PremiumPremium

The buffer holding Israel's longest border together is getting thinner - opinion

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

Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion


Israel turns to Jordan to prevent violence with Herzog, Gantz visits

Israel has pushed closer to Jordan in a massive effort to prevent an outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence next month that could destabilize both countries.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the King's Palace in Amman on March 29, 2022.

Israeli FM Lapid, King Abdullah meet ahead of Ramadan

The meeting was meant to try to calm the situation ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which overlaps with April this year, and Passover, also in April.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Jordanian King Abdullah II, March 10, 2022.

Herzog secretly met King Abdullah at his palace in Amman

The Herzog-Abdullah meeting comes on the sidelines of a trilateral meeting held in Cairo on Thursday between the Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority.

President Herzog addressing the foreign diplomatic corps.

Jordan, Israel sign agriculture agreement for shmita year

“Shmita” is the Biblical commandment for the Land of Israel to lay fallow every seven years, and Jewish farmers in most of modern Israel must observe it for their produce to be certified kosher.

The shmita (sabbatical) year comes once every seven years. The Torah commands us to stop working the land and let it lie fallow, leaving its yield to any man or animal.

Jordan's King Abdullah II confirms he met with Gantz, Bennett

At a secret meeting, Bennett and Abdullah reportedly agreed that the two countries must heal rifts, using the water deal as a first step.

King of Jordan Abdullah II and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Man shot by Jordanian army while crossing Israel-Jordan border

Two of the men returned back to Jordanian territory after the first shots were fired, while the third continued to approach the border

An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Is Jerusalem’s Mughrabi bridge in news to spark Jordan crisis? - analysis

It appears convenient that suddenly those who were in office for many years and made no changes now want it closed, demolished, changed or removed.

Bridge to the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount

Bennett: Ties with Jordan essential for Israel’s security

PM Naftali Bennett met with King Abdullah.

King of Jordan Abdullah II and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

UNSC to meet on Jerusalem violence, Jordan summons Israel's envoy

US President Joe Biden has promised to stand by Israel at the UN, but the violence in Jerusalem is likely to test that resolve.

Border Police officers clash with worshipers at the Temple Mount, Friday, May 7, 2021.

Jordan warns Israel it’s violating Temple Mount status quo

The status quo only allows for Muslim worshipers to pray at the site, which is the third holiest site in Islam and Judaism's most holy sites.

 A GENERAL view of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City last year.