Jordan
Trump’s Middle East Challenge
Today’s meeting between King Abdullah II of Jordan and President Donald Trump is being closely watched across the Middle East. Often seen as a pragmatic and cautious mediator, Jordan’s king is emerging as central in a new grouping of Arab states aligned against U.S. and Israeli regional policies.
Border Stories
Since the fall of the Assad regime, the movement of people into Syria from Jordan has surged. Many arrive at the Jaber-Nasib crossing hoping for news about loved ones long imprisoned or disappeared in Syria, a lucky few reuniting after long years of torment.
How a Now-Forgotten Assassination Almost Toppled Jordan’s Monarchy
A 1960 bombing that killed Jordanian Prime Minister Hazzaa al-Majali and 10 others nearly claimed the life of the young King Hussein himself. The unprecedented attack, which the monarch dubbed the “worst outrage in the history of Jordan,” was part of a broader turn across the Arab world toward darker and deadlier political norms.
Among the Settlers in the Holy Land
As I was furiously taking notes, one of the attendees of a tour in city of Hebron whispered at me, “You’re one of those leftists working for an NGO. You’re here to collect evidence of all the terrible things we do.”