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Jordan eyes tourism bonanza in expansion of Jesus' baptism site

A six-year $300 million project for a 'tourist city' next to the World Heritage site aims to attract five times as many visitors as the current 200,000.

|ByREUTERS
Custodian of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton, stands by the Jordan River during a baptism ceremony, near Jericho, in the West Bank, January 9, 2022.
Kayaking on the Jordan River with Abu-Kayak

Israeli kayakists take advantage of coronavirus lockdown to clean river

The three used kayaks and diving suits from their work to remove hundreds of glass and plastic bottles from the stream, in addition to plastic bags, chairs, speakers and even tables.

|ByIDAN ZONSHINE
Magrase is once again open to the public

Several rivers, nature reserves are safe to enter, Health Ministry says

The Health Ministry has greenlighted the Nachal Gilabon, Jordan River, Magrase Nature Reserve and Nahal Meshushim Nature Reserve to open to the public.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Palgrave Handbook of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

A handy but deficient handbook on Jordan

The Palgrave Handbook is an important contribution to understanding the challenges which Jordan faces.

|ByMOSHE DANN

Expert dismisses Jordanian rhetoric against Israel as election ‘propaganda’

Parliament speaker: We oppose the peace treaty with Israel.

MAY 15, 2016
Jordanian police women stand guard near a Jordanian national flag during a rally in loyalty to the King and against the Islamic State

Of davening and diplomats

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
FROM LEFT, Jack Momjian, Honorary Consul of Armenia Tsolag Momjian, Sima Meirom, Ambassador to Armenia Shmuel Meirom and Albert Momjian.