Hizballah’s Latin American Drug and Money-Laundering Empire Stretches into the U.S.
Producing hundreds of millions of dollars for funding terrorism.
January 12, 2021
Bringing Jordan into the Arab-Israeli Normalization Process
A peace deal with Saudi Arabi could be used to improve relations between Jerusalem and Amman.
In 1973, the Jordanian monarchy made an important step toward peace when it decided to sit out yet another Egyptian-Syrian attack on the Jewish state, and instead tried to warn it of the coming war. While Amman and Jerusalem formally made peace in 1996, and the two countries have common interests and cooperate closely when it comes to security, the Jordanian press and public remain hostile to Jews and Israel and commerce is limited. Ben Fishman argues that the move toward better relations between Israel and the Arab world can be an opportunity to improve this situation, along with Jordan’s flailing economy:
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Bringing Jordan into the Arab-Israeli Normalization Process
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