With an air force fighter pilot held in captivity by the Islamic State, Jordan faces grim options. Many expert strategists suggest sending combat troops from the Jordanian army to join the Iraqis in liberating the whole region that is under Abu Baker Al Baghdadi’s authorit

The indignant words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to foreign journalists this week exposed his hidden agenda for the future of this region. His fury against a timetable for Israeli withdrawal of its military occupation forces within three years reveals his covert

The next Israeli elections, due in March 2015, will bring a new negotiating partner to the Palestinians.

The statement this week by Brig. Gen.

Having Israel recognised as a Jewish state should not have become an issue in a region that prides itself on having three republics attaching the epithet “Islamic” to their official title, and 14 political parties describing themselves as “Islamic”, be the

The attack on a Jerusalem synagogue last week gives a micro image of life in Palestine for the next few decades unless Israel ends its policy of occupation, aggression and political arrogance.  Although the act has been condemned by many religious scholars, who see Islam as

His Majesty King Abdullah’s meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and American Secretary of State John Kerry send more than one positive signal. The meetings would have been more forthcoming had the main protagonists accepted a Palestinian reque

Jerusalem can still elicit sagaciousness and political perception. The Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, Yitzhak Yousef, called on his followers last week to avoid visiting Al Aqsa Mosque to perform prayers, since such actions had led to spilling Jewish blood. That edict should

A survey of Jordanian public opinion was conducted last September by an American think tank, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Studies, which indicated that 8 per cent of Jordanians have a favourable view of the Islamic State (IS). I believe the figure needs to