Archiv: King Abdullah II (of Jordan)


07.12.2024 - 23:08 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Assad’s family ‘flees’ to Russia – but Kremlin won’t come to Syrian leader’s rescue

(December 6, 2024)

Bashar al-Assad’s family fled to Russia in the days after rebel forces launched a shock offensive that captured swathes of territory across northern Syria, it has been revealed.

It comes after a source close to the Kremlin told Bloomberg News that Moscow had no plans to rescue the Syrian president, with Vladimir Putin said to be disgusted by reports of regime troops fleeing their positions. (…)

Egyptian and Jordanian officials are understood to have urged the Syrian president to leave the country and form a government-in-exile.

14.10.2024 - 22:00 [ Jordan Times ]

King meets Mikati, says Jordan stands with Lebanon

During a meeting with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati at Al Husseiniya Palace, His Majesty stressed Jordan’s readiness to support the Lebanese people and mitigate the impact of the ongoing war on them, according to a Royal Court statement.

At the meeting, attended by HRH Crown Prince Hussein, the King said Jordan is working in coordination with Arab and key international actors to put a stop to the Israeli war on Lebanon.

01.10.2024 - 14:33 [ Iraqi News Agency ]

PM holds Phone Call with Jordanian King

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani made a phone call on Tuesday, to the King Jordan, King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, stressing the importance of coordination between Iraq and Jordan to deliver humanitarian aid and enhance international efforts to stop these attacks.

30.08.2024 - 09:31 [ Jordan Times ]

King, in call with German chancellor, urges end to Israeli attacks in West Bank

His Majesty reaffirmed that Jordan will not allow for a regional war to unfold on its land, nor accept any actions that threaten its stability, the statement said.
The King also noted the importance of creating a political horizon to achieve just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution.

30.08.2024 - 09:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

US largely silent on Israel‘s West Bank assault as ally Jordan gets rattled

A State Department spokesperson told MEE that Washington recognises „Israel’s very real security needs, which includes countering terrorist activity in the West Bank“.

„At the same time, we continue to insist that Israeli authorities take measures to protect all civilians from harm,“ the spokesperson said.

17.04.2024 - 20:26 [ New York Times ]

Ukraine Sees ‘Hypocrisy’ in Western Allies’ Defense of Israel

The militaries of the United States, Britain, France and others stepped in to help Israel defend against the fusillade of more than 300 Iranian drones and missiles, nearly all of which were intercepted. A similar number of aerial weapons are fired at Ukraine on a weekly basis, its officials say, with many of the drones in those attacks designed by Iran and now produced by Russia.

17.04.2024 - 19:42 [ SRF.ch ]

Hilfe für die Ukraine – Selenski fordert, was Israel bekam

Israel parierte den iranischen Grossangriff aus der Luft – und zwar mithilfe der USA, Grossbritanniens, Frankreichs, Jordaniens und möglicherweise Saudi-Arabiens. Genau solche Hilfe fordert nun der ukrainische Präsident Wolodimir Selenski für sein Land gegen die russischen Luftangriffe. Das ist legitim. Doch passieren wird es nicht.

10.04.2024 - 09:34 [ zentralplus.ch ]

Biden fordert Waffenruhe in Gaza

Biden forderte, dass Israel zu einem Waffenstillstand aufrufe, um den vollständigen Zugang zu Nahrungsmitteln und Medikamenten im Gazastreifen zu ermöglichen.

Derweil treibt Israel sein Vorhaben für eine Bodenoffensive in der Stadt Rafah im Süden Gazas offenbar voran.

10.04.2024 - 09:01 [ CNN ]

Biden criticizes Netanyahu’s approach to war with Hamas as mistake

“What I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks total access to all food and medicine going into the country. I’ve spoken with everyone from the Saudis to the Jordanians to the Egyptians. They’re prepared to move in. They’re prepared to move this food in. And I think there’s no excuse to not provide for the medical and the food needs of those people. It should be done now,” Biden said in the interview.

The comments came in the lead up to ..

23.03.2024 - 19:10 [ United Nations ]

At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefire

“Here from this crossing, we see the heartbreak and heartlessness of it all,” he said, pointing to a long line of blocked relief trucks on one side of the gates and the “long shadow of starvation on the other”.

“That is more than tragic; moral outrage,” he said, adding that “any further onslaught will make everything worse” for Palestinian civilians, hostages and all people of the region.

All this demonstrates that it’s more than time for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and for “an ironclad commitment by Israel for total, unfettered access for humanitarian goods throughout Gaza”, he said, emphasizing that in the Ramadan spirit of compassion, it’s time for the immediate release of all hostages.

He also urged all UN Member States to support the “lifesaving work led by the backbone of all Gaza relief operations, UNRWA”, the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees.

Pledging to continue working with Egypt to streamline the flow of aid, he had a message for Palestinians in Gaza: “you are not alone.”

07.03.2024 - 20:13 [ Communist Party of Israel ]

Hadash-Ta’al MKs Meet Jordan’s King, Calls for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

(05.03.2024)

Three Hadash-Ta’al lawmakers met Monday, March 4, with Jordan’s King Abdullah amid concerns that the Muslim holy month of Ramadan could amplify tensions in occupied East Jerusalem stemming from the Israeli war in the Gaza Strip. MK Ayman Odeh, the head of the parliamentary Hadash-Ta’al alliance, MKs Ahmad Tibi and Youssef Atawneh traveled to Amman and asked the Jordanian monarch to pressure Israel to ensure freedom of worship at the Al-Aqsa Mosque during Ramadan and for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

16.02.2024 - 18:10 [ Washington Post ]

U.S., Arab nations plan for postwar Gaza, timeline for Palestinian state

(14.02.2024)

The key is the hostage deal,” said one U.S. official among several American and Arab diplomats who discussed the subject on the condition of anonymity to avoid derailing the plan before it is completed.

14.02.2024 - 14:12 [ White House ]

Remarks by President Biden and His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan After a Meeting

We must make sure the horrors of the past few months since October 7th are never repeated nor accepted by any human being.

We must together, along with Arab partners and the international community, step up efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and immediately start working to create a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace on the basis of the two-state solution — an independent, sovereign, and viable Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital but living side by side with Israel in peace and security. This is the only solution that will guarantee peace and security for the Palestinians and the Israelis, as well as the entire region.

14.02.2024 - 14:07 [ Times of Israel ]

Jordan’s King Abdullah: October 7 attacks cannot be accepted by any Muslim

“As I have previously stressed, we must make sure the horrors of the past few months since October 7, are never repeated, nor accepted by any human being.”

“We must together, along with Arab partners and the international community, step up efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and immediately start working to create a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace” on the pre-1967 lines, he says.

04.02.2024 - 11:00 [ Regierung von Jordanien / Government of Jordan - Gov.jo ]

JAF Denies Involvement in US Air Strikes in Iraq, Affirms Respect for Sovereignty

(03.01.2024)

Responding to an inquiry from the Jordanian News Agency (Petra), an official of the Armed Forces dismissed the allegations as unfounded, emphasizing the Jordanian army‘s respect for Iraq‘s sovereignty and highlighting the enduring fraternal ties between the Kingdom and other Arab states.

The Armed Forces‘ General Command also advised the public to ignore rumors circulating on social media and to seek information from official channels, reinforcing its commitment to transparency and accurate dissemination of information.

04.02.2024 - 10:50 [ Tass.com ]

Jordan denies reports of its air force’s involvement in US strikes on Iraq

(03.01.2024)

The Royal Jordanian Air Force did not take part in air strikes carried out by US forces in Iraq last night, an official of the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said.

30.01.2024 - 06:33 [ Peter Cronau, investigative journalist, @ASecretAustral1 / Twitter ]

Dear Western media, please make a call to Amman to verify and include in all your reports this relevant detail — and put it in your headline. Jordan says ‘was not in Jordan’.

(29.01.2024)

30.01.2024 - 06:30 [ Jordan News / Twitter ]

On Sunday, the Minister of Government Communication and spokesperson for the Jordanian government, Muhannad Mubaydeen, clarified that the attack that targeted US forces near the Syrian border did not occur inside Jordan. Mubaydeen added that the attack targeted Al-Tanf Base in Syria, Al-Mamlaka TV reported.

(28.01.2024)

29.01.2024 - 05:42 [ AmmonNews.net ]

3 U.S. troops killed, 34 injured in attack on al-Tanf base, Gov‘t says base is not in Kingdom

The official spokesperson for the Jordanian government Muhannad Mubaideen told Ammon News Agency that al-Tanf base that was attacked on Sunday is not in Jordan.

„Terrorist militias carried out the attack that targeted the al-Tanf… and the base is outside our borders,“ Mubaideen told Jordan TV.

28.01.2024 - 19:40 [ War Reports / Twitter ]

#BREAKING: The government of #Jordan: „The attack that targeted American forces near the Syrian border did not occur inside Jordan“ This means that the attack is on an illegal US base in #Syria, right on the border with Jordan.

28.01.2024 - 19:20 [ Middle East Eye ]

Jordan says attack targeting American soldiers was not on its soil

An attack that killed three American servicemen was not on Jordanian soil but in Syria, a spokesperson for Jordan‘s government said.

Muhannad al Mubaidin told Jordanian public broadcaster al Mamlaka television that the attack had targeted the US al-Tanf base in Syria.

22.01.2024 - 11:00 [ Middle East Eye ]

Gaza war: Why did Arab states not join South Africa‘s case against Israel in the ICJ?

All Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, have issued many statements condemning Israel‘s assault on Gaza, but they did not take any further action. Saudi Arabia and the Arab League waited for more than a month of onslaught in Gaza to hold a summit in Riyadh to discuss the issue.

The summit decided to break the siege and blockade, but Arab countries never turned this resolution into action. Instead, Egypt obeyed Israeli commands and refused to give access to move injured civilians for treatment outside of Gaza unless Israel approved their names.

20.01.2024 - 06:30 [ ]

War on Gaza: Arab despots‘ failure to stand up to Israel could fuel an explosion

But something else is happening that is just as important: Palestine is being officially defended by the Global South. South Africa has taken the lead by launching the case for genocide at the International Court of Justice in the Hague.

Palestine, at the same time, is reemerging as a global cause, just as was the case in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. The composition of South Africa’s team of lawyers says it all: multi-ethnic, male, female, Irish, British, South African. There was no Palestinian officially with them in the group. And yet, a day after the hearing ended, there were massive demonstrations in 45 countries – but not in Egypt, Saudi Arabia or even Algeria.

06.01.2024 - 19:19 [ NewArab.com ]

Jordan backs South Africa ICJ genocide file against Israel over Gaza atrocities

Ayman Safadi on Thursday said that Amman will be preparing the necessary legal documents in consultation with legal experts to support South Africa’s file, and will also coordinate with Arab and Islamic countries on the matter.

06.01.2024 - 19:15 [ ashok kumar / Twitter ]

BREAKING: Jordan endorses South Africa’s ICJ genocide case against Israel. They join Malaysia, Turkey, and and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) who’ve also endorsed

Newly released diplomatic cables reveal Israel desperate to get countries to publicly reject the case

05.01.2024 - 21:20 [ Times of Israel ]

France and Jordan airdrop aid to Gaza

The supplies dropped by France and Jordan were equipped with systems that remotely guided them to a Jordanian field hospital operating in the territory, the French presidency says.

Thursday’s mission “allows us to show that such operations are possible,” the Elysee adds, without saying whether it would be repeated.

27.12.2023 - 15:07 [ I John 5:20 / Twitter ]

Blinken to return for ME trip next week- to Israel, PA, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar

Tues, Dermer & Sullivan spoke on ‘day after’ plans including governance & security w/ a political horizon for palestinians & continuing Israel’s normalization

07.12.2023 - 11:13 [ Muhammad Jalal, Political scientist, Educator, Host of The Thinking Muslim ]

Read this Turkey, Jordan, and Qatar could invoke the Genocide Convention against Israel and its co-conspirators. But not one of these states has called out the genocide [by invoking the Convention].

Why?

12.11.2023 - 21:55 [ almayadeen.net ]

Top Biden advisor to visit ‘Israel’, Qatar eyeing captives release

Brett McGurk, Senior Middle East Advisor to President Biden, is reportedly set to travel to the Israeli entity and countries in the Middle East to discuss the war on Gaza and efforts to secure the release of captives held by the Resistance, Axios reported.

This trip is part of the Biden administration‘s unwavering support for the Israeli occupation. McGurk will coordinate with NATO and European allies in Brussels before visiting „Israel“, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Qatar.

07.11.2023 - 06:12 [ CNN ]

Fears of another Palestinian exodus reverberate across the Middle East

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi said last week that a transfer of Palestinians from Gaza would likely be followed by a similar “expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jordan.” Jordan’s foreign minister later said such a move would be considered a declaration of “war.”

Commentators on Arab media outlets have warned that Israel may be planning to de-populate the Gaza Strip of Palestinians and even re-occupy it.

07.11.2023 - 05:54 [ NewArab.com ]

Displacing Palestinians from West Bank is ‚red line‘, declaration of war: Jordan FM

Such efforts by Israel „is a red line for Jordan, as we will confront it with all our capabilities because it is a violation of international law,“ Foreign Minister Ayman al-Safadi said during an emergency parliamentary session on Gaza.

He added that displacing people from one occupied territory to another would be a war crime, in reference to Palestinians in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and thus „a declaration of war“ by Amman, which established ties with Israel in 1994.

07.11.2023 - 05:46 [ 1lurer.am ]

Jordan will consider expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza as declaration of war: Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh

Any attempt to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip or the West Bank is a red line for Jordan. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, Bisher Khasawneh, Al Mamlaka TV reported.

„The Jordanian government will consider the expulsion of Palestinians from their territories as a declaration of war against them. All options for responding to the escalation of Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip are on the table,“ he emphasized.

07.11.2023 - 05:22 [ ORF.at ]

Jordanien: Vertreibung von Palästinensern „rote Linie“

Jordanien hat eine „rote Linie“ im Gaza-Krieg gezogen. Versuche, Palästinenser aus dem Gazastreifen oder dem Westjordanland zu vertreiben, bzw. Bedingungen, das vorzubereiten, werde das Königreich als „Kriegserklärung“ betrachten, sagte der jordanische Ministerpräsident Bischer al-Chasawneh laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Petra gestern.

06.11.2023 - 20:19 [ BigNewsNetwork.com ]

Arab states condemn Israeli minister‘s nuke Gaza threat

„These statements constitute a violation of international law, as well as incitement to commit grave violations of International Humanitarian Law, such as war crimes, and raise grave concerns of an intent to commit genocide,“ the UAE said. Jordan released a similar statement describing Eliyahu‘s comments as a „call for genocide and a hate crime that cannot be ignored,“ while the Qatari Foreign Ministry said that it „strongly condemns the threat made by an Israeli minister to strike Gaza with a nuclear bomb and considers it a serious incitement to a war crime.“

25.10.2023 - 19:20 [ Verfassungsblog ]

Trapped in Gaza

Egyptian president Field Marshall Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced that “[w]hat is happening now in Gaza is an attempt to force civilian residents to take refuge and migrate to Egypt, which should not be accepted.” King Abdullah II of Jordan (which borders the West Bank, but not Gaza) was even more succinct: “No refugees in Jordan, no refugees in Egypt,” he declared.