The Jordan Option and Al-Aqsa Mosque - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Osama Al Sharif

Osama Al Sharif

Feb 27, 2014

An Israeli policeman scuffles with a Palestinian during clashes near Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City February 7, 2014. Tensions briefly ran high on Friday in Jerusalem's Old City following clashes that erupted between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians on a compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTX18CFC — An Israeli policeman scuffles with a Palestinian during clashes near the Lion's Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Feb. 7, 2014. — REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

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A boy holds a Muslim Brotherhood flag during a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in Amman August 8, 2014. Israel launched its Gaza offensive on July 8 in response to a surge of rocket attacks by Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists. Hamas said that Palestinians would continue confronting Israel until its blockade on Gaza was lifted. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR41RA0

Jordan king fends off critics of IS war, holds firm on Al-Aqsa

Osama Al Sharif

Osama Al Sharif

National Jordanian and Israeli flags are seen on the Naharayim bridge on the border between Israel and Jordan north-eastern Israel October 22, 2014. With attacks by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the threat from Islamic State and the Nusra Front in Syria and growing unrest in Egypt's Sinai, the north and south of Israel?s borders are on edge. By comparison, the eastern frontier with Jordan looks like an oasis of calm. Yet the Hashemite kingdom, wedged between Iraq, Syria and Saudi Arabia as well as Israel and the

Jordanian MPs fume at Israeli gas deal, nationality law

Osama Al Sharif

Osama Al Sharif

Supporters of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood take part in a protest in the village of Sweimeh, near the Jordanian border with the occupied West Bank, on May 21, 2021, to express their solidarity with Palestinians and to celebrate the ceasefire.

Jordan tacitly approves anti-Israel protests

Saud al-Sharafat

Saud al-Sharafat

Vehicles drive towards the Allenby Bridge Crossing July 9, 2009. Israel said on Wednesday it would allow the crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan to remain open 24 hours a day to help the Palestinian economy. The Israeli-controlled terminal leading to the Allenby Bridge across the Jordan River is the West Bank's only land link to the Arab world. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK POLITICS TRANSPORT) - RTR25HIM

The Return of the Jordan Option For Palestine

Geoffrey Aronson

Geoffrey Aronson