Briefings
/ Israel and the Middle East
On 22 March 2017, the Mitvim Institute hosted Dr. Abdullah Swalha for a briefing on Jordan’s foreign policy and its relations with Israel. Dr. Swalha, founder and director of the Center for Israel Studies in Amman, discussed the main challenges that Jordan is currently facing, fields of cooperation between Israel and Jordan, sources of tensions between the countries, public opposition in Jordan to cooperation with Israel, Jordan-US relations, and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. This document summarizes the themes discussed in the briefing, which was held at the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute
