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King Abdullah’s UNGA warnings on Israel’s actions in Syria reflect wider regional shift - analysis

Many people in northern Jordan have historic ties to people in southern Syria and vice versa. At the same time Jordan wants to prevent any spillover from Syria into Jordan.

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Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 81st United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 22, 2026.
Lebanese army officers speak with villagers waiting to return to their homes at the entrance to Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, a village in southern Lebanon.

Iran hits Jordanian territory again in missile attack: Will Israel join the war?

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Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.

A 'stab in the back': Israel's refusal to extend Jordanian water agreement may spark crisis

The 1994 peace treaty signed by Amman and Jerusalem required Israel to supply Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of water annually, an amount doubled in a 2021 commitment that expired in 2025.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A Jordanian man stands guard in a military outpost overlooking the Israeli-Jordanian border, as seen from southern Israel near Paran, December 12, 2025

Ondas’ 4M Defense wins tender for large-scale border demining project in Israel

Contract is part of Israel’s $1.7B Eastern Border Security Barrier initiative, a multi‑phase national initiative led by Israel’s Defense Ministry.

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM

Jordan’s anti-Israel rhetoric on the rise

Security cooperation, however, continues to be strong.

JUNE 9, 2017ByLINDA GRADSTEIN/THE MEDIA LINE
Protesters hold up pictures of Jordanian King Abdullah and pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh with national flags

Report: Jordanian restaurants denying service to Israeli customers

The Israeli Embassy in Amman said it will look into the situation and send a formal complaint to the Jordanian Tourism Ministry.

JUNE 7, 2017ByDANIEL J. ROTH
OCD restaurant

Report: Jordanians claim leaked intel was theirs, not Israel's

Who really gave Trump the leaked intelligence?

MAY 18, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A still image taken from an Islamic State (ISIS) video

PM Netanyahu pans Jordan for siding with terrorist

Amman said Israel, as occupier, to blame for police officer killing Jordanian national who attempted to stab him.

MAY 13, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Border Police officers in Jerusalem's Old City

The real face of Jordan

Every once in a while, the Jordanian people are given a chance to express how they really feel about Israel. It’s ugly.

MARCH 20, 2017ByCAROLINE B. GLICK
JORDAN’S KING Hussein leans over and shakes hands with Margalit Badayev, the mother of slain Israeli schoolgirl Shiri, during his 1997 condolence call at the mourning parent’s home.

Trump envoy: Jordan has important role to play in regional peace efforts

US Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason D. Greenblatt is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories this week.

MARCH 16, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt meets Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

Analysis: Palestinian issue puts Jordanian-Israeli peace on ice

Government ties, though kept at low volume, are close.

MARCH 14, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
PROTESTERS IN Jordan hold Jordanian and Palestinian flags as they march in protest against Israel.

Analysis: 20 years on, a thorn in Jordan’s side is removed

During his prison term, Daqamseh expressed pride for his actions and was publicly praised by his mother. Even Hussein Mejalli, Jordan’s justice minister at the time, called him a hero.

MARCH 13, 2017ByYOSSI MELMAN
KAMLEH DAQAMSEH, mother of the Jordanian soldier convicted of killing seven Israeli schoolgirls in March 1997, speaks to the media at her home in the village of Ibdir yesterday after her son’s release

Jordan releases soldier who killed 7 Israeli schoolgirls

Daqamseh receives hero’s welcome, says "normalization with Zionists a lie."

MARCH 13, 2017ByBEN LYNFIELD
AHMAD DAQAMSEH, the Jordanian Army corporal who massacred seven Beit Shemesh schoolgirls in March 1997, is seen at Umm Alloul Prison in Mafraq, 80 km. north of Amman, in July 2013.

WATCH: Jordanian soldier who killed 7 Israeli children receives hero's welcome

Ahmad Daqamseh was released Sunday after serving a 20 year sentence for the 1997 "Island of Peace" attack.

MARCH 12, 2017ByYASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA
Ahmad Daqamseh (center), a Jordanian soldier who killed seven Israeli schoolgirls on March 13, 1997, seen at Um Alluol prison in the city of Mafraq, northeast of Amman, [File 2013]