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Items by Mohammed Abu Rumman
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Talk of a ‘Jordan-Palestine confederation’ is dangerous
The talk in Jordanian political and media circles about a Jordan-Palestine confederation goes beyond the limits of Amman’s official rejection of the idea to take such a step before the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and its recognition internationally. This position may be summed up by the question...
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The booby-trappers and the trapped
Terrorist attacks have returned to Jordan, but this time on a more professional level than in the past (except for the 2005 Amman hotel bombings, which was a cross-border terrorist act planned and executed externally). A jihadi cell placed an explosive deviceunder a security car near the Fuheis Festival...
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The Jordanian ‘No’
Jordan has barely emerged from one diplomatic battle in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, before being engaged in another. This one is about Washington’s attempt to abolish the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) by reducing and then...
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Jordan’s protesters don’t want the regime to go. They want reform.
No popular protest or movement occurring in the past in Jordan can be compared to the protests and strikes taking place in Jordan over the past few days. They can truly be described as the true version of the Arab Spring in Jordan, compared to the mass movement that...
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The right of return… for Syrians
The right of return is no longer linked exclusively to the Palestinian issue, but has also become linked for several years to the Iraqi issue, given the large-scale migration of Sunni Iraqis from Baghdad due to the civil war.1 Today, we hear talk about protecting the right of return...
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Jordan and the Syrian Badia
The recent developments in the As-Suwayda suburbs, adjacent to Jordan, provokes a major question regarding our visions for the upcoming phase. The Syrian army is expanding its area of control in these areas and has got a grip on many points on the north-eastern border around the former Hadlat...
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Al-Aqsa in crisis
Regardless of the outcome of the current confrontation at Al-Aqsa Mosque, which erupted as a result of the Israeli government’s decision to install metal detectors to search worshippers, there are some vital and influential signs that can be observed through the context of developments and events. To start with,...
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Congratulations to all concerned
Iran has completed its takeover of the border areas between Iraq and Syria and is now expanding into the eastern regions bordering Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor Province. Moreover, the Baghdad-Damascus highway is being inaugurated fully, despite the US endeavours to block the strategic “land corridor”. Meanwhile, Hezbollah is getting...
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The Daesh threat gets closer to Jordan
The dubious merits of the explosion that took place at Rukban Syrian refugee camp on Jordan’s north-eastern border, adjacent to the Iraqi border, are not clear. A car-bomb blew up last Saturday in the camp’s market area, leaving a large number of civilian casualties. It is most likely that...