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Empowering the youth is a key to bring positive and needed change in Jordan

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Empowering the youth is a key to bring positive and needed change in Jordan

Empowering the youth is a key to bring positive and needed change in Jordan By Amjad Saqer al-Kremeen As it’s entering its second centennial Jordan is embarking on a social, political and economic changes that would usher its second century that will bring positive change and prosperity to its people.  Change in Jordan is a…

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Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech

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Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech

Jordan’s King rejects Trump’s actions at United Nation speech Jordan’s King denounces Jerusalem decision, urges Two-State Solution and calls for International help on Refugees during United Nation’s speech. King Adbullah II of Jordan told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 that “challenges do not make collective action and mutual respect less important,”…

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Trump, Jordan King focus on Palestinian State

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Trump, Jordan King focus on Palestinian State

Trump, Jordan King focus on Palestinian State President Donald Trump and Jordan’s King Abdullah II met this week, their second meeting at the White House since Trump’s election, and discussed ways to achieve peace through the establishment of a State for Palestinians. Trump and King Abdullah II also discussed regional issues including confronting Syria’s butcher Bashar…

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Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror

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Jordan’s King offers insight into war on terror. Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn al-Hussein pulled back the veil on some of the myths confronting the Middle East and the failures of the Western World to confront Daesh (ISIS) during an interview on the American TV News program 60 Minutes Sunday (Sept. 25, 2016). The West needs…

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US promises more aid for Syrian refugees

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US promises more aid for Syrian refugees

President Barack Obama promised more financial support to help ease the burden and the suffering of the refugees fleeing the violence by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the by Russian soldiers in a meeting Wednesday with King Abdullah II of Jordan. By Ray Hanania President Barack Obama promised more financial support to help ease the…

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Israel is Helping Jordanian Special Forces Fighting ISIS on the Ground in Iraq

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Israel is Helping Jordanian Special Forces Fighting ISIS on the Ground in Iraq

By Ali Younes In another sign of the increased cooperation and strategic military alliance between Israel and Jordan, news reports said that Israel will supply Jordan with two types of drones to help Jordan fight the Islamic State in Iraq, ISIS OR ISIL. The London based Jane’s Defense magazine which reported the news earlier this…

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Jordanian Supreme Court imprisons journalist for criticizing corruption

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Jordanian Supreme Court imprisons journalist for criticizing corruption

Jordanian Supreme Court imprisons  journalist for criticizing corruption By Ali Younes The Jordanian Court of Cassation made legal history yesterday when it reversed itself and convicted Jordanian journalist Husam Abdallat of trying to “ undermine the Jordanian regime” for his criticism of powerful government officials and close friends of King Abdallah II. The court which…

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Senator Lindsey Graham Counts on his Foreign Policy Experience, Wants to be the Next Commander-in-Chief, Defeat Terrorists

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Senator Lindsey Graham Counts on his Foreign Policy Experience, Wants to be the Next Commander-in-Chief, Defeat Terrorists

By Ali Younes Announcing that he is running for president of the United States, the 3 term republican Senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, addressed the gathered supporters in his home town of Central, South Carolina that he wants to be “the next American Commander in Chief”. Graham stressed in his speech before the cheering…

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Jordanian Military court accuses Journalist of undermining country

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Jordanian Military court accuses Journalist of undermining country

Jordanian Military court accuses Journalist of undermining country By Ali Younes He was designated by the military prosecutor as a “special case” and “very dangerous criminal” thus he was led in and out court with his hands tied behind his back, his legs,neck and waist shackled in iron making him looking like the movie character…

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Egypt and the need to overcome Radical Islam, a 1984 re-do

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Egypt and the need to overcome Radical Islam, a 1984 re-do

The truth is that President Al-Sisi of Egypt can move his nation forward both as a strongman and as a hero of the Arab Spring by learning the lessons of past failures of Democracy in the Middle East and understanding that George Orwell’s book 1984 cast tyranny in the wrong way. By Ray Hanania In the…

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Time for Arab moderates to step up to the peace plate

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By Ray Hanania At no time has it been clearer that Israel does not want genuine peace with the Arab World. What Israel wants is for Palestine to disappear and eventually, for the Arab World to go away, too. Israel’s government has repeatedly rejected peace based on Two-States — Palestine and Israel. In Israel’s current…

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

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ISIS will not negotiate with Jordan to free captured pilot.

By Ali Younes According to New York attorney Stanley Cohen, the Islamic State or ISIS will not be interested in negotiating with the Jordanian government to free its captured Jordanian pilot. Not any time soon at least. This is because, he argues, the way Jordan handled the negotiations to save American aid worker Peter Kassig. Jordanian…

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American Politicians, Bought and Sold

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American Politicians, Bought and Sold By Ray Hanania Creators Syndicate April 3, 2014 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie wants to be president of the United States. He is showing how tough he is by standing up to claims he was involved in an outrageous abuse of government power. But when it comes to standing up to…

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