At a time when the Jewish state is battling an existential threat, President Joe Biden assured the Jordanian king that Jewish and Christian prayer would continue to be banned — under what is known as the “status quo” — on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, the holiest site in the Jewish faith and revered by Christians worldwide, so as not to inflame Muslim anger.
The country of Jordan should be considered the true national homeland for the Palestinian people, according to Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders, who caused an uproar after making the declaration online.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj is pulling out of a concert in Saudi Arabia because she says she wants to show support for women’s rights, gay rights and freedom of expression.
The U.S. and Israel, should support King Abdullah on the one hand, and to demand that he take action against antisemitism and anti-American sentiment on the other.
“If the rest of the world just took a little bit of your humility and your grace, we’d be in a lot better position,” Abdullah said.
Rather than stand up to Jordan’s King Abdullah, the Trump administration gives him a pass for everything. And it has been right to do so. Because it has no better option.
King Abdullah of Jordan reportedly fired his brothers Prince Feisal and Prince Ali and his cousin Prince Talal on Friday, relieving them of important military posts.
Heritage Foundation Middle East expert Jim Phillips reviewed President Trump’s decision to hold off on moving the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily.
TEL AVIV – Jordan’s Foreign Minister said Saturday that Arab countries would ensure Israel’s security in a future peace deal with the Palestinians as long as it withdraws from the West Bank.
Contents: With Arab world in chaos, Arab League summit displays lack of leadership and influence; Arab League plays it safe by only condemning Israel and terrorism
Jordan’s King Abdullah said peace would not be attained in the Middle East without the creation of a Palestinian state under a two-state solution that would be the basis of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace deal.
TEL AVIV – Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Sisi’s meeting with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas failed to yield a breakthrough in mending the sour relations between the two, a senior Egyptian Foreign Ministry official told Breitbart Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV – A senior delegation arrived in Washington Sunday to meet with officials from the Trump administration to discuss settlement activity and reportedly receive approval for construction in east Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV – President Donald Trump’s envoy to the Middle East held a three-hour meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday, his second meeting with the Israeli leader since arriving in the country this week.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Jordan’s King Abdullah on Monday discussed a range of issues from speeding up the fight against Islamic State, the crisis in Syria, and efforts to reach an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, the White House said.
Jordan’s King Abdullah is in Washington this week to meet with high-ranking members of the new administration, including a meeting with President Trump scheduled for Thursday.
King Abdullah II of Jordan said Muslims must unite with Christians and Jews in order to defeat the Islamic State group, which he called a global threat.
A Jordanian Christian minister was forced to resign after it emerged he was involved in his sister’s honor killing in the 1980s.
Contents: Writer Nahed Hattar, accused of blasphemy, gunned down in Amman, Jordan; Nahed Hattar shooting exposes Jordan’s secularist vs Muslim Brotherhood fault line
Amid speculation over a developing Egyptian bid to revive stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said late Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was willing to host Israeli and Palestinian leaders for direct talks.
Middle East Eye reports some startling criticism of Turkey from King Abdullah of Jordan, who is a nominal ally of the Turks, during a visit to Washington in January. The details of the King’s remarks are said to have been kept secret until now.
TEL AVIV – Israeli and Jordanian F-16s confronted Russian warplanes in January, warning them to stay away from the two countries’ shared border, King Abdullah of Jordan told U.S. lawmakers. According to a report by the Middle East Eye on Abdullah’s briefing to members of Congress on January 11, Russian warplanes were observing Israeli defense measures in the Golan Heights, which borders Syria.
TEL AVIV – Russia has exploited the United States’ near-complete absence in Syria to wield its influence beyond President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, including to the heretofore Western-backed Syrian opposition, an Arab intelligence source told Breitbart Jerusalem. The Russian-controlled Hmeimim airbase,
The Jerusalem Post reports: U.S.Secretary of State John Kerry Kerry, who arrived in Jordan on Saturday, is expected to hold talks in Amman with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday. No trip to Israel is planned. Kerry, accompanied by the
TEL AVIV – Israel has detected “signs” that Arab states are seeking to develop nuclear weapons in order to counter the growing threat of Iran, Israel’s defense minister warned.
The Times of Israel reports: A two-state solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is vital to the defeat of the Islamic State, King Abdullah of Jordan argued Friday, saying that the decades-long dispute only served to benefit
Contents: Jordan’s King demands more refugee aid from international community; US Navy’s Freedom of Navigation Ops in South China Sea to grow in scope and complexity
Jordan’s King Abdullah II told anchor Wolf Blitzer that while his country is accepting refugees and they can’t be ignored, it wasn’t “fair” to ask a foreign leader his opinion on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump in an interview broadcast
King Abdullah’s Jordan is one of America’s most important allies in the Middle East, but President Obama does not have time to meet with the leader of the Hashemite Kingdom this week while he visits the U.S., the White House has announced.
Tuesday at a news conference in Kosovo’s capital city Priština, King Abdullah of Jordan declared the planet was in the midst of a Third World War. King Abdullah said, “We are facing a Third World War against humanity and this
Damning legal court documents stemming from civil lawsuits after last month’s arrest of Saudi Prince Majed bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 29, indicate the son of the late King Abdullah had demanded to see ‘naked pussy’ from his staff, ordered a male aide to fart in his face, and then reportedly proceeded to engage in a gay sexual act with him.
On Monday, Los Angeles County prosecutors said they will not file felony charges against Saudi Prince Majed Abdulaziz Al-Saud, 29, who was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault last month at his rented $37 million Beverly Hills compound.
War veteran and former Gov. of Texas Rick Perry expounded on his executive experience as the Lone Star State’s longest-serving governor and laid out the ways in which he would combat the rise of radical Islam, in addition to providing his promise of unwavering, tangible support for our country’s esteemed veterans — if he decides to run for president.
Fox News Channel host Greg Gutfeld praised Jordan’s King Abdullah for his ISIS rhetoric and contrasted it with the US’ “ocean privilege” on Monday’s broadcast of “The Five.” Gutfeld reacted to a clip of Abdullah dubbing the fight against ISIS
The King of Jordan has declared vengeance against ISIS and a number of Muslim clerics—and even Al-Qaeda—have condemned the fiery public murder of the Jordanian pilot.
Jordan’s King Abdullah had some choice words for ISIS in a private meeting with U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday.
President Obama will meet Wednesday afternoon behind closed doors with Islamic leaders at the White House.
A news bulletin from the U.S. Department of Defense announces a “research and essay competition in honor of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, hosted by the National Defense University.”
The diplomatic niceties that followed the death of the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia yesterday causes a furore as politicians, journalists and campaigners took to social media to express their anger. David Cameron was among many of the world leaders, including
The resignation of United States-backed Yemen President Abd-Rabbuh Mansur Hadi was deemed a strategic “win for Iran” and al-Qaeda, according to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) in an interview on CNN Thursday. The war-torn nation’s Prime Minister Khaled Bahah also resigned.
