Israel Matzav

Israel expels Jordanian intelligence agent

Israel expels Jordan's state news agency's reporter,Mudar Momani, who's a Royal Intelligence agent,this after the Opposition raised the flag
— Mudar Zahran (@Mudar_Zahran) September 6, 2016

For those who don't know him, Mudar Zahran is a member of the Jordanian opposition who lives in Israel.

Hmmm.

Labels: Jordan, Mudar Zahran, spying

Obama gives Jordan's Abdullah the Israel treatment

Just last night, I reported on how President Hussein Obama has been giving 'our friends, the Saudis' the Israel treatment. Now, he's giving it to Jordan's King Abdullah II.

The White House on Monday said President Barack Obama would not meet with close ally King Abdullah of Jordan -- who is currently in Washington -- because of scheduling problems.

"The president regrets that he is unable to meet with him personally on this visit due to scheduling conflicts, including the State of the Union address," a White House spokesperson said.

On Tuesday, Obama will deliver his final annual address to a joint session of Congress, a set piece of the U.S. political calendar.

The White House and Jordanian officials said Abdullah would instead meet with Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday.

He met with Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday.

Kerry and Abdullah discussed the fight against the Islamic State and "efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations," a diplomat said.

Abdullah also met with Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who expressed his "deep appreciation... for Jordan's continued contributions to regional counter-ISIL efforts," Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said.

He was referring to the self-proclaimed Islamic State group, which has seized large chunks of territory in Iraq and Syria and declared a caliphate ruled in accordance with Islamic law, or sharia.

Obama "looks forward to the opportunity to meet with His Majesty in the near future," the White House official said.

Obama and Abdullah last met in Washington almost a year ago.

On Twitter, The Israel Project's Omri Ceren has assured me that the White House knows exactly what's going on in 'Southern Syria' (i.e. Jordan).

Obama is remaking the Middle East yet again.

What could go wrong?

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Caliphate, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Jordanian King Abdullah, Lee Smith, Mudar Zahran, New Middle East, Omri Ceren, Syria

Video: 'Palestinian' Jordanian peace activist calls Facebook an anti-Semitic organization

Much of Facebook's top management is Jewish, but they're definitely not pro-Israel.

Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Mudar Zahran).

Hmmm.

Labels: Facebook, Jordan is Palestine, Mudar Zahran

Important video: What is Israel and what is 'Palestine'? Jordanian opposition leader Mudar Zahran explains

Here's an important video of Jordanian opposition leader Mudar Zahran explaining the legalities of Israel, Jordan and 'Palestine.'

Let's go to the videotape.

Indeed.

Labels: Jordan is Palestine, Mudar Zahran, real 'Palestinians'

Hillary Clinton: Jordan's future 'uncertain'

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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told a group of college students this week that the future of the Jordanian monarchy is 'uncertain.'

Any lasting peace deal is probably out of reach until Israel and the Palestinians "know what happens in Syria and will Jordan remain stable," Clinton said in an exchange with college students and others in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

It is very rare for American leaders to acknolwedge that the Western-oriented monarchy in Jordan, a key U.S. partner in the Middle East and powerful peace broker, may fall. The monarchy escaped the tumult of the Arab Spring and is atempting reforms, but its future is an open question, as Clinton intimated.

Jordan was the second Arab state to make peace with Israel, after Egypt, and is an important go-between with Palestinians and other Sunni Arab states.

According to Jordanian opposition leader Mudar Zahran, Clinton's statement was based on a report circulating in Washington, and did not come from nowhere.

Sources: Hillary Clinton's statement about "#Jordan's unclear future" based on a report being circulating in DC. She's not just guessing #MZ
— Mudar Zahran (@Mudar_Zahran) October 11, 2015

Hmmm.

Labels: Hillary Clinton, Jordan, Jordanian King Abdullah, Mudar Zahran

Two states for two peoples... on two sides of the Jordan

At a conference on Sunday about a two-state solution on the two banks of the Jordan River (Jews to the West, Arabs to the East), the results of a poll were released that indicated that 19% of Israeli Jews support the idea of Jordan being the 'Palestinian state.' But most Israeli Jews don't expect it to happen, and they support... the status quo.

Some 19 percent of Jewish Israelis prefer to see a Palestinian state in Jordan rather than in the West Bank, but only 7% really think it could happen, according to a Maagar Mochot poll commissioned by Professors for a Stronger Israel.

“There are alternatives; we are not sitting with a gun to our heads,” said former National Union MK Arye Eldad, as he addressed a daylong conference on Sunday that debated all aspects of the question of two states for two peoples on two banks of the Jordan River.

There are more options than the standard equation of “Either we will have a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria, or we will have a bi-national state,” Eldad said.

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[E]ventually King Abdullah’s Hashemite Kingdom will fall prey to the Arab Spring, which has caused the ouster of other regional leaders.

“We need to have a plan in the drawer for that moment,” he said.

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Mudar Zahran, a Jordanian- Palestinian political activist who lives in London, said he believed that King Abdullah II’s reign would soon end.

Based on the Maagar Mochot poll, however, only a minority of those questioned supported a two-state solution in which Palestine was on the east side of the Jordan River.

Out of those polled, 41% of Jewish Israelis preferred the status quo and 51% said they believed that the situation would stay the same. Only 11% said they preferred a two-state solution in the West Bank based on land swaps, and only 21% said they believed this would happen. Some 29% said they did not have a solution.

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According to the poll, 53% of Likud Beytenu supporters said they preferred the status quo, 1% wanted a two-state solution in the West Bank and 30% supported Jordan as a Palestinian state.
Among Shas and UTJ party supporters, 67% preferred the status quo, 3% wanted a two-state solution in the West Bank and 21% wanted Jordan to be a Palestinian state.

Among the Yesh Atid, Hatnua and Kadima parties, 33% preferred the status quo, 14% wanted a two-state solution in the West Bank and 8% believed that Palestine should be in Jordan.

Out of those polled from the Labor and Meretz parties, only 7% preferred the status quo, 52% supported a two-state solution in the West Bank and none of them wanted to see Jordan become a Palestinian state.

Now, if only someone could find our Prime Minister's backbone.... .

Labels: Arieh Eldad, Jordan is Palestine, Jordanian King Abdullah, Judea and Samaria, Mudar Zahran, Palestinian state, two-state solution