Jordan's King Abdullah II, a key US ally, said in an interview that there was enough evidence that the United States had engaged in torture using interrogation techniques shunned by the Obama administration. "What I see in the press ... shows that there were illegal ways of dealing with detainees," Abdullah told NBC in an interview to be broadcast Sunday on "Meet the Press." Asked if the United States has engaged in torture, the king said there were "enough accounts to show that that is the... Read Full Story
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday pressed visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a two-state solution to help end the conflict with the Palestinians, the palace said. "The king demanded the Israeli government declare its commitment to the two-state solution, accept the Arab peace initiative and take practical steps to achieve progress," a palace statement said after the two leaders met in Amman.
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Jordan's King Abdullah II will hold talks at the White House with U.S. President Barack Obama on April 21 on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the palace said Sunday. "The summit will focus on efforts to reach a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and realise comprehensive Middle East peace," it said in a statement.
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Mon, 11 May 2009 09:38:11 GMT
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Jordan’s King Abdullah says if Middle East peace talks are further delayed, there would be a new war between Arabs or Muslims and Israel in the next 12-18 months.
He warned that such a war would have implications far beyond the Middle East, the “Times Online” reported.
The Jordanian monarch noted that the US President Barack Obama’s meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week has become the acid test for the... Read Full Story
Standing his ground in a meeting with Abdullah II of Jordan, who demanded Netanyahu commit to a PA state inside the land of Israel immediately prior to Netanyahu's meeting with Obama next week in Washington, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told Abdullah II and promised that he would pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinians, s topping short, however, of consenting to Abdullah's request that he come out in favor of a Palestinian state. After King Abdullah’s discussions with President... Read Full Story
AMMAN (AFP) — Jordan's King Abdullah II called on Wednesday for Arab states, Brussels and Washington to join forces in Middle East peace efforts, in talks with visiting EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana. He stressed "the need to launch joint Arab, European and US action to hold serious negotiations leading to a settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the basis of two states," the palace said in a statement. "We should unite the efforts of the international community ... as... Read Full Story
Jordan's King Abdullah II, a key US ally, said in an interview that there was enough evidence that the United States had engaged in torture using interrogation techniques shunned by the Obama administration. Read Full Story
America is putting the final touches to a hugely ambitious peace plan for the Middle East, aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs, according to Jordan’s King Abdullah, who is helping to bring the parties together. The Obama Administration is pushing for a comprehensive peace agreement that would include settling Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians and its territorial disputes with Syria and Lebanon, King Abdullah II told The Times. Failure to reach... Read Full Story
JordanBy Dr Dominic Moran
King Abdullah's decree dissolving the elected lower house of Jordan's bicameral parliament two years ahead of scheduled elections came as no surprise to most local commentators and to the wider public.
There is a deep-seated perception that the Chamber of Deputies has been both tardy and ineffective in dealing with the challenges facing the country, with deputies purportedly more interested in the protection of vested interests.
In a sense the monarchy is reaping... Read Full Story
Jordan King, Abdullah II, made another disguise surprise visit to the Health Ministry's Patients Affairs Department in Amman last Wednesday [Wearing a black Jordanian Arabic Traditional Dress (Doshdash), red-and-white Shmagh, sporting a black beard, and holding a walking stick] to inspect services...
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