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By Ruth Eglash and Taylor Luck, WASH POST
The first power station, built in 1932 by a Russian-Jewish engineer, located on today’s border with Jordan.
JERUSALEM — Jordan’s King Abdullah II announced Sunday that he does not plan to renew parts of the country’s 24-year-old peace agreement with Israel, amid public pressure to rebuke the Israeli government following the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem...

“The United States, as we have said many times, cares for the Palestinian people and wants to help, but we will not empower a regime that launches attacks on Israeli kindergartens.”
By Jason Greenblatt, JPOST
This Administration vehemently opposes everything Hamas, a terrorist organization that targets and hides behind innocents, stands for. But, judging by Yahya Sinwar’s interview published on October 5, 2018, it would appear that he agrees with the Administration...

Retired Jordanian diplomat has written a column extolling Trump in a Jordanian newspaper. He did not do this without approval.
By David Singer, INN
Any lingering thought that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) would have any role to play in President Trump’s soon to-be-released peace plan has vanished – after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that $165 million had been deducted from...