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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
Water discharging from a desalination plant into the Zalmon River and into the Sea of Galilee, March 4, 2026.
Iran and Israel flags on Middle east geopolitical map.

Israel needs a diplomatic alternative to war with Iran - opinion

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN
An Israeli soldier walks next to the border fence between Israel and Jordan, in southern Israel near Eilat February 9, 2016.

Israel begins construction of upgraded security barrier on Jordan border

Israel has begun construction on the first two sections of an upgraded security barrier along its border with Jordan, a key part of a $1.7B project to strengthen the border against emerging threats.

|ByPESACH BENSON/TPS
Palestinian security personnel and mourners seen in the West Bank city of Nablus, December 27, 2024

IDF held back Iranian axis from flooding terror groups in the West Bank with weapons, cmdr. says

The IDF has successfully held back the Iranian axis from smuggling weapons across the Israel-Jordan border into the West Bank.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Analysis: Can Israeli-Jordanian ties survive Temple Mount violence?

Rather then breaking off ties, both leaders used the embassy shooting to wager a behind the scenes deal that allowed both Netanyahu and King Abdullah to claim victory.

JULY 25, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Israeli police man a barricade on Salah a Din street after a deadly terror attack in Jerusalem, July 14, 2017.

The Amman shooting incident at the Israeli Embassy

Hopefully, the Amman shooting incident will be solved through intensive political and diplomatic contacts before it grows to a major bilateral and regional crisis.

JULY 24, 2017ByELY KARMON
A policeman is seen near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan July 23, 2017.

An anachronistic censor?

Israel needs to think twice before retreating into a shell of silence and allowing media outlets hostile to the Jewish state to present their slanted version of events.

JULY 24, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Jordanian police outside Israeli embassy in Amman

Does the Israeli security guard in Jordan really have diplomatic immunity?

Diplomatic immunity is for more than blocking small time issues like parking tickets.

JULY 24, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The Israeli embassy in Amman and its surrounding are on lockdown following an attack in which a security guard was stabbed.

Netanyahu vows to bring Amman embassy guard home

Prime minister says officials working at all levels to bring affair to a swift close.

JULY 24, 2017ByHERB KEINON
Benjamin Netanyahu

Censor keeps Israelis in the dark as world learns of Jordan embassy saga

While the world press reports on developments in Jordan, Israeli media forced to play catch up.

JULY 24, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Jordanian police outside Israeli embassy in Amman

Temple Mount spillover: US warns of riots in Jordan

Tensions sparked recently regarding the Temple Mount when three Israeli-Arab terrorists killed two policemen by Lions’ Gate last Friday.

JULY 21, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Security checkpoint at the Lions Gate entrance to the Temple Mount

Top Likud representative joins Jordanians on EU panel

While the Jordanians and Israelis got along, the two Israelis on panel sparred.

JUNE 21, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
LIKUD DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL Eli Hazan (second right) takes part in a panel discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels

The historic trails of the Zevulun

Exciting family visits along the prestate sites of Aliya Bet

JUNE 8, 2017ByMEITAL SHARABI
Reaping the harvest at the Harduf Organic Farm

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