Colourful posters of smiling candidates are not new among election-related paraphernalia.

One of the reasons the Palestinian conflict continues without resolution is the fact that the people affected by the Israeli occupation have no democratic power to change their occupiers.Palestinians can protests, use violence or resort to totally non-violent resistance, and yet

The incident was tragic by any standard, but the response appears even more tragic.When Shadi Abu Jaber, a 17-year-old Jordanian, along with another passenger died in a car accident in Amman, social media users started talking about the young man whose life was cut short. Am

The stagnant Palestinian political waters will soon experience some movement.

The story was totally false, but that didn’t stop the Israeli media machine from milking it all the way. The postponement of a UNESCO resolution slamming Israel for the dangers it is causing to Jerusalem’s heritage was termed as a “partial victory” for Israel. The Israe

One of the lessons professional journalists have learned over the years is that objectivity and balance can sometimes be wrongly used.If, as a journalist, you are witnessing rain, you are not obliged to report that one side says it is raining and the other side says it is not.

Countering violent extremism has become the flavour of the month recently, but if a leaked document is accurate, the government has been following a strategy to counter extremism for at least two years.The strategy of countering extremism states that it is based on three pillars:

The statement coming out of the Jordan News Agency, Petra, was very ordinary.

After initially hinting that Israel might be open to some elements of the 2002 Arab Peace Plan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu totally backtracked.“The Arab Peace Initiative includes positive elements that can help revive constructive negotiations with the Palestinians