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Uncertainty grips Middle Eastern markets

Jewish Journal November 17, 2015

The impact of the Middle East’s ongoing woes on the region’s tourism businesses has been well documented.

Jordanian sheik clarifies: It’s ‘mandatory’ to kill Jews

Jewish Journal November 4, 2015

A Jordanian sheik who said it is forbidden to kill Jews except in a time of war clarified his statements, saying that jihad against the Jews is a “mandatory duty.”

Jordanian sheik: It is forbidden to kill Jews except in war

Jewish Journal November 2, 2015

A sheik in Jordan said it is forbidden to kill Jews except during times of war.

Jordan could play key role in calming Israeli-Palestinian tensions

Jewish Journal October 27, 2015

When Secretary of State John Kerry decide to fly to the Middle East to try to calm rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions after a wave of stabbing and shooting attacks, he did not land in Jerusalem, but in Amman, the capital of Jordan.

Palestinians criticize Temple Mount surveillance plan

Jewish Journal October 26, 2015

Palestinian officials are opposing a plan to install 24-hour surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount.

Israel and Jordan agree to put surveillance cameras on Temple Mount

Jewish Journal October 26, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Abdullah of Jordan agreed to place surveillance cameras on the Temple Mount in what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said “could really be a game changer” in discouraging violence at the Jerusalem holy site.