Jordan

The Takeaway: Biden-Abdullah White House summit key to Israel-Jordan reset

Jordan-Israel ties had hit rock bottom under Netanyahu; Also: Will Zarif pick up Raisi’s road map on the Iran deal?; Israel prepares Raisi file; Egypt, Ethiopia compete for power partnerships; Saudi-Ethiopian ties strained by Nile dam dispute; Russia’s vaccine diplomacy stumbles; the latest Pharaonic parade.

Andrew Parasiliti, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Joe Snell | Israel | Jul 21, 2021

US President Joe Biden (R) and Jordan's King Abdullah II smile during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 19, 2021.

Biden looks to help get Jordan-Israel ties back on track

King Abdullah II will be the first Arab leader to meet with US President Joe Biden on July 19.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Jul 16, 2021

Jordanian King Abdullah meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (unseen) at Bayt al-Urdon, Amman, Jordan, May 26, 2021.

King Abdullah to be first Arab head of state to meet with Biden

King Abdullah will visit Washington for the first time in two years and is to meet with US President Joe Biden on July 19.

Al-Monitor Staff | Jordan | Jul 8, 2021

Jordanian King Abdullah and his son Crown Prince Hussein

The Takeaway: Iran deal on front burner before Raisi takes office

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Andrew Parasiliti, Elizabeth Hagedorn, Joe Snell | Iran | Jun 30, 2021

Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi delivers speech at the Imam Reza shrine in the city of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, on June 22, 2021.

Israel, Jordan try to rebuild ties, trust after Netanyahu

Relations between Jordan and Israel deteriorated dramatically under outgoing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and rebuilding them won't be easy.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Jun 23, 2021

Jordan rocked by allegations against former crown prince

Hamzah Bin Al Hussein, former Crown Prince and half-brother to King Abdullah, says he is not going to obey restrictions.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Apr 5, 2021

Critics react to US-Jordan defense agreement

The Jordanian government bypassed parliament and approved a controversial agreement signed between Jordan and the United States that regulates the status of US forces present in the kingdom, which raised much controversy.

Saud al-Sharafat | Jordan | Apr 1, 2021

Rights group criticizes Jordan over debt imprisonment

Human Rights Watch has highlighted the plight of poor Jordanians imprisoned for failing to pay back loans taken out to meet basic needs.

Al-Monitor Staff | Jordan | Mar 16, 2021

Jordanian detainees look on through the window of a rehabilitation centre in Zarqa, 30 kilometres east of Amman, on July 11, 2018. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo credit should read KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Unconstrained Netanyahu jeopardizes relations with Jordan

Desperate to achieve a photo-op in Abu Dhabi before the March 23 elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blows off against Jordan when delaying his Emirati trip.

Ben Caspit | Israel | Mar 16, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on September 15, 2019. - Netanyahu's cabinet agreed to turn the wildcat settlement of Mevoot Yericho in the Jordan Valley into an official settlement, the premier's office said. (Photo by AMIR COHEN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by AMIR COHEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan-Israeli ties on the brink over obstruction of royal visit to holy shrine

King Abdullah II has had enough of Benyamin Netanyahu's provocations over custodianship over Al-Aqsa Mosque and has retaliated by scuttling the Israeli premier's so-called historic trip to the UAE when Israel botched his son's visit to Jerusalem. Now Jordan-Israel ties have reached a new low as Netanyahu battles for his political survival in next week's elections.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Mar 15, 2021

Netanyahu: Israel has 'good relations' with Jordan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps insisting that all is fine with Jordan.

Rina Bassist | Israel | Mar 14, 2021

Israeli soldiers gather at the crossing checkpoint on the Israeli-Jordanian border near Moshav Tsofar in the Arava valley, south of the Dead Sea basin, on April 30, 2020. - Israeli farmers will no longer be allowed to enter an agricultural enclave in neighbouring Jordan, following the expiry of Israels lease on the border land. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Jordan generate a crisis, or was it Israel's fault?

It is unclear whether the diplomatic crisis is only the result of poor Israeli judgment, or Jordan actually generating it.

Ben Caspit | United Arab Emirates | Mar 12, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (not pictured), give a joint press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, on 4 March 2021. (Photo by Olivier Fitoussi / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER FITOUSSI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jordan reinstates partial lockdown as coronavirus deaths spike

New infections are ravaging Jordan, where vaccination efforts are lagging far behind what health experts say is needed.

Osama Al Sharif | Jordan | Mar 11, 2021

A policeman holds a stop sign in an almost deserted avenue in the Jordanian capital Amman, during a lockdown due to the coronavirus panemic, on February 26, 2021. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu cancels UAE trip over disagreement with Jordan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was forced to postpone today's trip to the United Arab Emirates when Jordan dragged its feet on approval to cross its skies.

Rina Bassist | United Arab Emirates | Mar 11, 2021

This picture taken on December 16, 2020 shows a view above Israel from the window of a plane aboard a flydubai flight from Ben Gurion International Airport to Dubai upon departure. - The first flydubai aircraft landed in Dubai from Tel Aviv on November 26, inaugurating commercial flights between the two cities following the normalisation of ties between the UAE and Israel. The United Arab Emirates in September signed a landmark US-brokered deal to formalise relations with Israel, the first such agreement by

Freedom House: Syria, Western Sahara worst in world for political rights

The think tank also downgraded Jordan to "not free" in its 2021 democracy rankings.

Al-Monitor Staff | Jordan | Mar 4, 2021

Jordan

The Takeaway: Biden-Abdullah White House summit key to Israel-Jordan reset

Biden looks to help get Jordan-Israel ties back on track

King Abdullah to be first Arab head of state to meet with Biden

The Takeaway: Iran deal on front burner before Raisi takes office

Israel, Jordan try to rebuild ties, trust after Netanyahu

Jordan rocked by allegations against former crown prince

Critics react to US-Jordan defense agreement

Rights group criticizes Jordan over debt imprisonment

Unconstrained Netanyahu jeopardizes relations with Jordan

Jordan-Israeli ties on the brink over obstruction of royal visit to holy shrine

Netanyahu: Israel has 'good relations' with Jordan

Did Jordan generate a crisis, or was it Israel's fault?

Jordan reinstates partial lockdown as coronavirus deaths spike

Netanyahu cancels UAE trip over disagreement with Jordan

Freedom House: Syria, Western Sahara worst in world for political rights

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