#TIL that there were two airports so close to each other but located on different sides of the Israeli–Jordanian border that a commercial pilot mistakenly landed in #Aqaba, #Jordan 🇯🇴 instead of #Eilat, #Israel 🇮🇱 in November 1986. At that time, both countries were technically at war with each other.
Photographer Mihail Minkov: ‘The concept behind this shot is to highlight the stark contrast between the vastness of the cosmos and the minuscule nature of humanity. The composition intentionally draws the viewer’s focus to a small figure, underscoring our insignificance in the grand scheme of the universe, while the majestic Milky Way core dominates the background.
#FarhanHaq, a #UN spokesperson, said the new smaller numbers reflected those bodies which had been fully identified. The bigger figures included corpses for whom identification has so far not been completed.
The Jordanian monarchy supports the establishment of a #PalestinianState. While some right-wing politicians in #Israel have envisaged #Jordan becoming an alternative Palestinian state, #KingAbdullah has repeatedly warned that there is no such thing as a "Jordan option."
#Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war (something strange about this accusation - these SYR-based groups don’t have much in common with MB (if that’s really who it was) in Jordan) @jordan
After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
Indoors - one of my tiger #orchids bloomed last night.
Outdoors - 1st #IrisNigricans, #NationalFlower of #Jordan bloomed & more to open this week. One of my Syrian friends gave me a pot of rhizomes 3yrs ago.
More grape soda #irises bloomed too.
#Jordan - Daoud Kuttab: The Islamist TV station Yarmouk TV studios in Amman has been raided by Jordanian security. It was operating using a delayed method of taping and rebroadcasting online at a later stage to circumvent restrictions @jordan
#Jordan - US:
Laura Rozen: King Abdullah of Jordan will participate in a private meeting with President Biden at the White House when he is in DC next week, WH spox says. @jordan
#Jordan says Israeli settlers attacked Jordanian aid convoys on way to Gaza (why does Reuters write “Jordan says”? As if it is dubious?) @jordan@israel
#Jordan is the territory created by the #Brits as a reward to Sharif Hussein for his participation in the fight against the Ottomans
Jordan's goal is to protect and defend Israel as a breakwater.
Jordan has no army. The army there is limited to protecting the borders....
of Israel obviously
It has no air defense.
American, British and French military air bases are equipped for this task.
Their primary objective is to intercept any attack on Israel.
Now you know.
Look: British and American fighter jets are now shooting down Iranian #drones (#Shahed) over #Israel, #Syria and #Jordan. And yet they are not in a direct war with #Iran.
Why can't we shoot down exactly the same Shahed drones over #Ukraine, just like that - without a state of war?!
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
A hastily assembled coalition including the #US and #UK has helped #Israel shoot down Iranian drones over #Jordan, #Iraq and #Syria in an effort to blunt the attack and prevent an uncontrollable escalation.
Jordanian jets had also downed dozens of Iranian drones flying across northern and central Jordan heading towards Israel.