AMMAN, Jordan — A wave of demonstrations against King Abdullah II set off by an increase in fuel prices appeared to reach its peak on Friday without having won any concessions from the monarchy. Several thousand protesters gathered Friday in a central square of Amman, the capital, to chant slogans calling for the king’s ouster, a demand that just three weeks ago organizers had deemed far too contr
Updated Jul. 14, 2017 2:28AM EDT / Published Nov. 16, 2012 11:35AM EST “In all my years in office I haven't declared a war.”With those words (and others) Israel’s Prime Minister launched his re-election campaign in an October speech to the Knesset. Well, at least that part of the election message box might now have to change. In launching Operation Pillar of Defence, Netanyahu is taking an unchara
Israel’s assassination of senior Hamas military commander Ahmad Jabari and launching of a major air campaign against Gaza on Wednesday poses the first serious test of the effect of the Arab uprisings on Israel. Egyptian President Mohammed el-Morsi declared that "Egypt today is different from yesterday, and Arabs today are different from yesterday." Israel is gambling that he’s wrong, that the Ara
Egypt is pushing ahead in efforts to mediate a truce between Israel and Hamas, and Kandil said Cairo would "spare no effort" to achieve a ceasefire. But on a visit to a Gaza hospital, he blamed Israel for the conflict. "This tragedy cannot pass in silence and the world should take responsibility in stopping this aggression," he said. Rockets fired from Gaza hit several sites in southern Israel on
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