Communications

Iran in particular is especially trying to consolidate its presence and its militias in Jordan. Beni Sabti, researcher in the Iran Program at Tel Aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) says, "For decades, from the beginning of the revolution, the Iranian regime made it a point to attack the secular-monarchical regimes - Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and...

The Jordanian royal family has not yielded to calls from Islamist and other factions in the kingdom to cancel the peace agreement and severe cooperation with Israel. However. It has taken more modest steps to appease public sentiment: In November 2023, Jordan recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations and announced the suspension of the " prosperity Green – Prosperity...

With an increase in incidents involving the Israeli-Jordanian border, Prof. Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and Misgav Institute, spoke with JNS about the source of the escalation and challenges that Jerusalem faces in countering it. “Smuggling on that border always existed,” said Michael, who specializes in...

“The revelation of an Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons to Islamist groups in Jordan is deeply concerning but not entirely surprising,” Dr. Ofir Winter, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University, told JNS. “King Abdullah II has long been aware of the sectarian tensions in the Middle East and has previously warned about...

“The timing of the current protests is mainly related to the intensification of religious sentiments among the Jordanian public opinion during Ramadan and the strengthening of religious-Islamic sentiments,” said Dr. Ofir Winter, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv University.

Last week, Israel and Jordan signed a letter of intent in Abu Dhabi for a so-called “water-for-energy” project, under which Jordan will build a massive solar farm in the desert that will generate clean energy to be sold to Israel in return for desalinated water. “This is going to be the flagship example of bilateral relations and also of the Israeli integration into the...

Dr. Oded Eran, senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, and former ambassador of Israel to Jordan, told The Media Line that this latest incident between the two countries is “damaging to the relationship.” “I think it’s very regretful that relations between the two states have deteriorated and is a serious damage to the interests of the two...

“The timing of the meeting is surprising, so soon after the Israeli government was sworn in, when it is not yet clear the direction it will take,” according to Dr. Oded Eran, a senior researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) and Israel’s former ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. “The king was likely asked to do so by both Israel and the...

The former Israeli ambassador and member of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, Oded Eran, expressed doubt that accelerating a neglected project to build a joint Israeli-Jordanian industrial zone straddling the banks of the Jordan River, recently announced by Israel, would improve the normalization of relations between the two countries. “I am hesitant to...

“I’m hesitant to say this signifies a normalizing of relations between Israelis and Jordanians,” Oded Eran, Israel’s former ambassador to Jordan, told The Circuit. “However, if this project does finally come to a conclusion, it will be an important step, psychologically, because it has become a lingering symbol of the failure of the relations between Israel and Jordan,” said...