Since Hamas' October 7 attack, Jordan has seen a surge in popular support for Hamas and hostility towards Israel, which are expressed in many anti-Israel demonstrations and in explicit calls to confront it and wage jihad against it.
In the six months since Hamas' October 7, 2023 massacre in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were murdered and over 240 were taken hostage, and since the outbreak of the ensuing war in Gaza, the popular support for Hamas and hostility towards Israel has intensified – to the extent of possible terror attacks against Israel from Jordanian territory, in the north or the
Introduction The Kingdom of Jordan has lately increased the level of its involvement in the Palestinian Authority (PA). There seem to be two main reasons for this. One is the security escalation that has occurred in the absence of any progress towards a resolution to the Palestinian problem, and the other is Jordan's fear that chaos may erupt in the West Bank after the
The agreement signed on March 10, 2023 between Saudi Arabia and Iran to renew their relations after a seven-year hiatus has sparked a debate in Jordan about the implications of this agreement for the kingdom's own relations with Iran, and regarding the option of following Saudi Arabia's example.