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Within few hours, a short film broadcast by the “Our Community Story” group in Tafila Governorate received hundreds of thousands of views and caused a great stir. Donors rushed to face the problem of the lack of clean water, which the film referred to, so they donated healthy water tanks to the Barbita village, and the Ministries of Health and…

Since the beginning of this month, the “Islamic State of Iraq and Syria” has executed more than four major assaults against Syrian regime forces, local Sunni and Shiite militias loyal to it. Also, at the beginning of this year, the organization’s military activities have escalated, its methods have diversified, and its geographical targets in Syria have expanded, despite the loss…

Introduction Japan imports approximately 90% of its crude oil from the Middle East[1] so that it is tremendously significant for Japan to ensure peace and stability in this area, which lays the foundation for international order and directly connects to national security the world over. In response to the 2015 Terrorist Incident regarding the Murder of Japanese nationals and Jordanian…

A group of passionate and driven Jordanian youth chose to take the lead and make a positive change in their community. Given the challenge of creating a digital video as part of the “Our Community Story” project implemented by the Politics and Society Institute in partnership with the US Embassy in Amman, they knew they wanted to highlight a critical…

Police brutality, systemic racism, social inequality, and a sense of marginalization have become increasingly prevalent in Western countries, and France is no exception. Recently, a tragic incident unfolded in Nanterre, France, where a police officer killed 17-year-old Algerian Nahel M. during a routine traffic stop. This event sparked widespread anger and protests, which unfortunately escalated into violence, looting, and clashes…

The differences were evident in the two speeches used by the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and the Syrian, Faisal al-Miqdad, in their press conference on Safadi’s visit to Damascus at the beginning of this July. Safadi sought to emphasize key points that represent the Jordanian agenda towards Syria, while al-Miqdad avoided Commenting on it, while making sure to emphasize…

There is no longer any doubt, even in the slightest degree, that Israel will not accept the establishment of a Palestinian state in accordance with UN resolutions, which is what Netanyahu recently declared as it has become clear like the sun which cannot be covered with a sieve. Consequently, Jordanian adherence to the peaceful settlement in the diplomatic discourse has become…

The recently published book, “Islamists in Jordan: Religion, State, and Society” (to be published soon by the Friedrich Ebert-Stiftung in Amman) deals with the developments and transformations of the Jordanian Islamists in the aftermath of the Arab Spring, although it is, as the authors say a revisit to the field of political Islam in Jordan, however, goes beyond the traditional…

The recent period witnessed the issuance of numerous studies and research, especially in Western and American studies centers, based on the approach to Palestinian rights or the one-state solution, which is an old-new proposition that was adopted by a group of intellectuals, but it did not receive interest from any party, and at that time it represented a “scenario”. Fantasy”,…

Last week, we witnessed a military operation led by the Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip. They claimed it was in response to missiles launched by Saraya Al-Quds, the armed faction of the Islamic Jihad movement, in retaliation for the death of the movement’s leader, Khader Adnan, in the occupation’s prisons. Since Tuesday dawn, Israeli airstrikes targeted the homes…