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As primaries across the US tallied vote counts on June 25, many headlines did not focus on a particular candidate but rather the pro-Israel lobby American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Spending $14.7 million on the most expensive House of Representatives primary election in US history, AIPAC effectively unseated incumbent progressive Jamaal Bowman, one of the few consistent critics of…

“The article is published in JPS Magazine” The war on Gaza between Israel and Palestinian resistance groups mainly Hamas since October 2023 has seriously threaten Jordan’s national interests as well as relations with Israel in ways not seen at least since 1994 when Amman and Tel Aviv signed their peace treaty. Prior to October 7th relations between both countries witnessed…

The terrorist attack in Oman last week on a Shiite Mosque, which killed nine people including the three brothers who carried out the attack, raises several questions related to the incident, its context and implications, especially after the Islamic State (ISIS) organization announced its responsibility for the incident shortly after, and with the video showing the perpetrators pledging allegiance to…

The article is published in JPS Magazine The general budget is widely considered to be a credible document that a government produces in a year. Typically, the general budget shows revenue collected (tax efforts) from the taxpayers either directly or indirectly. The budget also presents governments’ priorities mirrored in how the collected revenue is dispersed. Historically, Jordan has attempted to…

Following the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation (as dubbed by Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigade) that marked the start of the ongoing war (now for over 8 months), the UN declared Gaza to be an “epic humanitarian catastrophe”. Furthermore, following the latest bombing of a refugee camp in Rafah that killed 45 civilians, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres affirmed that “There is no safe place…

The article is published in JPS Magazine American policy is full of contradictions. Those contradictions have become especially evident since the war in Gaza began, but they emerged before. The contradictions make the United States a confusing actor, one subject to different strategic impulses and displaying enormous tactical inconsistency. For day-to-day and even year-to-year decision-making, the United States will likely…

As the United States enters a crucial election season, the pace of American popular protests against the Israeli war on Gaza rises daily, and the voices calling for a ceasefire expand. Within these protests, there are condemnations of the direct American role in supporting Israel and obstructing international efforts to end the war. Sharp criticisms of the U.S. President label…

        Although the strategic implications of the war on Gaza have not yet emerged, which will be considerably associated with forthcoming developments on the ground, it is clear that there are repercussions and initial implications that have become apparent, since the war started, which reflects a major shift in the structure of regional relations, i.e the most accurate term in…

The world saw Knesset member Itamar Ben Gvir, in December 2021, grabbing his pistol, even though he was surrounded by Israeli soldiers, and pointing it at the Palestinians of Sheikh Jarrah. This scene embodies his program on which he ran in the recent Israeli elections, and now he and those who share the same program will most likely be part…

AMMAN – Despite the many negative effects of the Russian-Ukrainian war on international relations in general, energy prices, and food chains, these events have renewed the strategic importance of the Middle East region in the field of energy, food, and the global economy, as seen by the Jordanian, European and American politicians and experts who participated in a discussion workshop…