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Jordan Courts Islamists
Hudson New York 26 October 2011
By Khaled Abu Toameh
Facing growing protests at home, Jordan's King Abdullah has embarked on a policy aimed at appeasing radical Muslims. King Abdullah's decision to woo Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood is seen as a 
Video: Clever geopolitical summary on Israel done as facebook networking
vladtepesblog 13 September 2011
By HasbaraFellowships
French Embassy in Jordan: France Engaged in Dialogue With Muslim Brotherhood
MEMRI 4 August 2011
French Ambassador to Jordan Corinne Breuze told the Jordanian daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm that France has been engaged in dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. Breuze said that this dialogue
Report: Turkish Islamists operating in Jordan plan to infiltrate Israel
worldtribune 9 June 2011
An Israeli intelligence report asserted that the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation began operations in Jordan to infiltrate the Jewish state. The state-sponsored Intelligence and Terrorism
Arab Drought: Oil for Water
Gates of Vienna 26 May 2011
By Nicolai Sennels
Nicolai Sennels returns with a guest-essay about the looming water crisis in the Middle East, and a modest proposal for how it might be used to the West’s advantage.
Arab drought: An "Oil for water” policy is an option
Soon our tankers may not travel empty on their way south, but be filled with water. Soon the West may be able to sell the Arabs water at the same price as we buy their oil.
Israel's Critical Security Needs for a Viable Peace
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs 24 May 2011
Israel, in any future agreement with the Palestinians, has a critical need for defensible borders. This video outlines the threats to Israel from terrorist rockets, ballistic missiles, and conventional ground and air threats from the east.
Obama’s call for Israel to self-destruct
Canada Free Press 23 May 2011
By Victor Sharpe
President Obama demands that Israel withdraw to armistice lines that existed after the Arab-Israel War of 1948 ended. These lines did not constitute a border but merely the military positions that existed after the Arab attempt to annihilate Israel failed.
Six years later, Jordan readies to try Danish cartoonist
Jerusalem Post 9 May 2011
By ABDULLAH OMAR
AMMAN, Jordan – Almost six years after a series of cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammad were published by a Danish newspaper, a Jordanian court is taking upon
Jordan radical Islamists demonstrate in support of Syrian protests
Monsters and Critics.com 28 April 2011
Amman - Hundreds of Jordanian Islamist fundamentalists demonstrated Wednesday outside the Syrian embassy in Amman to express backing for pro-democracy protesters inside Syria. Almost all
Jordan begins trial of Danish Mohammed cartoonist
The Canadian Press 27 April 2011
AMMAN — A Jordanian court on Monday put on trial in absentia Danish artist Kurt Westergaard who is being sued in the kingdom for blasphemy over a controversial cartoon of the Prophet
Head of Islamic Movement released from police custody
Ynetnews 19 April 2011
The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court has ordered the release of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Islamic Movement, who was arrested Thursday for assaulting police officers and interrupting
Jordan to try Danish artist over Mohammed cartoon
France24 15 April 2011
A Jordanian court will begin this month the trial of Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard over a controversial caricature of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed, but it was unclear if he will
Jordan's Islamists say French veil ban heralds battle
Expatica Netherlands 12 April 2011
The Muslim Brotherhood of Jordan on Monday slammed a French ban on women wearing full face-face veils in public, calling the measure the "beginning of a dangerous battle". Hammad Said, head of the
Jordan bails street vendor with fake suicide belt
France24 7 April 2011
A street vendor angry over demonstrations damaging his business, who threatened to blow up the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood with what proved to be a fake suicide belt, was freed Wednesday
Man Arrested After Threat to Islamic Group in Jordan
New York Times 5 April 2011
By RANYA KADRI
AMMAN, Jordan — A man wearing a fake explosive belt was arrested here on Monday after he entered the offices of an Islamic opposition party and said he would blow himself up if the head of the office
Jordan Islamist opposition says website hacked
France24 28 March 2011
Jordan's opposition Islamic Action Front party said Sunday its website has been hacked, a day after it called for the ouster of the prime minister over a deadly crackdown on protesters. "The
Jordanians want Islamist prisoners freed
France24 14 March 2011
Relatives of Jordanian Salafists, including the brother of a double agent who killed seven CIA officers in Afghanistan in 2009, demonstrated Sunday to demand the release of Islamist prisoners.
Jordan Islamists vow to continue protests until reforms adopted
Monsters and Critics.com 11 March 2011
Amman - Jordan's main opposition party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), said Thursday protests should continue in Jordan until the achievement of the demanded 'constitutional and legal
Muslim Brotherhood sees opportunity in Jordan
Washington Times 2 March 2011
By Heather Murdock
AMMAN, Jordan | With its Friday anti-government rallies here attracting more protesters each week, the Muslim Brotherhood has positioned itself to become a leading player among
Demonstration in Jordan for jailed Islamists
Arab News 2 March 2011
By ABDUL JALIL MUSTAFA
AMMAN: Hundreds of relatives of Islamists jailed in Jordan on security charges demonstrated in front of the Grand Husseini Mosque in central Amman on Tuesday to press for
