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Breaking Silence, Jordan’s King Says Royal Family Rift Is Over The government has accused King Abdullah II’s half brother, Prince Hamzah, of undermining national security, and arrested several of his associates. By Patrick Kingsley and Rana F. Sweis April 7, 2021Updated 2:40 p.m. ET AMMAN, Jordan — King Abdullah II of Jordan broke his silence Wednesday night over the unusually public rift with his half brother, Prince Hamzah, justifying the steps he had taken to curb his brother’s contact with the outside world, while asserting that the prince’s “sedition has been nipped in the bu...

Prosecutor has banned ‘plot’ coverage Jordan’s Prince Hamzah, accused of plotting against the kingdom’s “security and stability”, disappeared from the local press on Wednesday following a prosecutor’s order banning coverage of the kingdom’s worst crisis in decades. Gone are reports of a “wicked plot” aimed at overthrowing King Abdullah II, and in the streets, Jordanians voiced relief. “When the crisis erupted on Saturday, there was no one in the streets. People were afraid,” said Shady, 41, who owns a clothing store in Amman. “But thank God, it was resolved within th...

Abcarian: Hunter Biden tells a harrowing tale of addiction in his new memoir Robin Abcarian © Provided by The LA Times Hunter Biden and his father, President Joe Biden in Wilmington, Del. (Associated Press) No one, least of all Hunter Biden, can say why he developed such an insatiable appetite for drugs and danger. You comb through his harrowing new memoir, “Beautiful Things” looking for clues. But it’s never just one thing. As happens in so many families, Hunter, now 51, was the overshadowed child who, without even knowing why, acted out all the family’s pain and s...

Get email notification for articles from Zvi Bar'el Follow Apr. 7, 2021 10:45 PM After two days, what looked like a hurricane that threatened the royal court dissipated into a stiff wind that doesn’t seem to have caused significant damage. After King Abdullah’s half-brother, Prince Hamzah, was suspected of planning a coup, the king got his uncle, Prince Hassan, to act as a mediator. Hamzah signed an oath of allegiance. Meanwhile, the Saudi foreign minister rushed to Amman to express his country’s unreserved support for Jordan. The United States also showed its support, and life has ret...

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Wednesday that his half-brother Prince Hamzah was “with his family, at his palace, in my care.” The prince signed a document on Monday pledging his support for King Abdullah after he was accused at the weekend of working with foreign parties and other Jordanians in a plot to destabilize the country. “Hamzah today is with his family, at his palace, in my care,” King Abdullah said in an address read out in his name on state television. “Prince Hamzah pledged before the family to follow in the steps of the ancestors, remain loyal to their missio...