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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki flashes a victory sign in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Delegations from the European Union member states and from Middle East and northern Africa countries are meeting Monday in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the crisis in Gaza where a fragile pause in fighting is set to expire. Forty-two delegations will gather at the Union for the Mediterranean event with many represented by their foreign ministers. Israel is not attending. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Palestinian diplomat appeals for Gaza truce to be extended as EU and Arab nations meet in Spain

By Joseph Wilson - Associated Press

Jordan Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 3, 2023. Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says his country wants a meeting of Mediterranean officials this week to help bridge a gap between Arab and European countries in calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza to become a permanent cease-fire. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki, File)

Jordan’s top diplomat wants to align Europeans behind a call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza

By Renata Brito - Associated Press

Palestinians ride donkey carts during the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Jordan’s foreign minister offers blistering criticism of Israel as its war on Hamas rages on

By Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Palestinian soccer team prepares for World Cup qualifying games against a backdrop of war

By John Duerden - Associated Press

Supporters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah group raise their fists and cheer as Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah appears via a video link, during a rally to commemorate Hezbollah fighters who were killed in South Lebanon last few weeks while fighting against the Israeli forces, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Nasrallah's speech had been widely anticipated throughout the region as a sign of whether the Israel-Hamas conflict would spiral into a regional war. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israeli strikes kill multiple civilians at shelters in Gaza combat zone, as Blinken seeks more aid

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FILE - Staff work at the Magen David Adom's (MDA) Marcus National Blood Services Center, in Ramla, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. The blood bank and processing center is a subterranean and shielded facility that became operational a few days before Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on Israeli areas near the border with the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Live updates | Palestinians report deadly Israeli airstrikes including in southern Gaza

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves as he disembarks from an aircraft on his arrival in Tel Aviv, Israel Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool Photo via AP)

Live updates | Israel rebuffs US push for humanitarian pause, says hostages must be released first

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken, second from left, participates in global infrastructure and investment forum with Amos Hochstein, left, senior advisor to the president on energy and and investment, Janet Yellen, second from right, United States Secretary of Treasury, and Ajay Banga, right, World Bank president, in New York, Sept. 21, 2023. Economic crises are rippling through the countries bordering Israel. That raises the possibility of a chain reaction from the war against Hamas that further worsens the financial health and political stability of Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon and creates problems well beyond.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

The Israel-Hamas war could threaten already fragile economies in Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan

By Fatima Hussein and Josh Boak - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, enters of the offices of the Speaker of the House after Republicans failed for a second time to elect him to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Jordan condemns ‘abhorrent’ threats against lawmakers who opposed him for speaker

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks near the offices of the Speaker of the House after Republicans failed for a second time to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

GOP’s Jordan says he’s still running for House gavel, but there’s no plan for next action

By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Stephen Groves and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, sits with Rep. Warren Davidson, R-Ohio, right, and former Speaker of the House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., back row left, as the House convenes for a second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House speaker live updates | Next round of voting set for Thursday after Jordan comes up short again

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The U.S. Capitol is seen on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023, in Washington. Republicans are heading to the House for the second time this Congress to try and elect a speaker, marking what they hope will be a unifying moment for a party that has been in turmoil for weeks. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Live updates | Jordan loses 20 Republicans in speaker’s vote, creating uphill climb to win gavel

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A Palestinian child wounded in Israeli bombardment is brought to a hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Source: President Mahmoud Abbas cancels planned meeting with Biden after hospital strike

By Najib Jobain, Samya Kullab, Raiv Nessman and Matthew Lee - Associated Press

Bassem Awadallah, one of two former officials accused of helping Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to overthrow his half-brother King Abdullah II, appears on a mobile phone screen as he attends a verdict hearing at a state security court, in Amman, Jordan, on July 12, 2021. Jordan has rejected a US request to release a former top Jordanian official imprisoned in an alleged plot against the Western-allied monarchy, according to his family and lawyer. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh, File)

Jordan rejects U.S. request to release ex-Jordanian official accused of plot against king

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Jordan forward Rondae Hollis Jefferson (24) is fouled by U.S. forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) as he shoots during the first half of a Basketball World Cup group C match in Manila, Philippines Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

USA rolls past Jordan as tougher competition awaits in World Cup’s second round

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

U.S. forward Mikal Bridges (5) recovers the ball in front of Greece guard Giannoulis Larentzakis (5) during the first half of a Basketball World Cup group C match in Manila, Philippines Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

U.S. eases past Greece at Basketball World Cup to advance to the second round

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Jordan's King Abdullah II poses for photos before a reception and lunch at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, on June 19, 2023. The King of Jordan approved a bill Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023, to punish online speech deemed harmful to national unity, according to the Jordanian state news agency, legislation that has drawn accusations from human rights groups of a new crackdown on free expression in a country where censorship and repression are increasingly common.(AP Photo/Paul White, Pool)

King of Jordan approves a bill to criminalize online speech. Human rights groups call it draconian

By Omar Akour - Associated Press

First lady Jill Biden speaks during an event with the National Education Association in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Washington. Biden will join other VIPs and speak at a ceremony Tuesday, July 25, at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The American flag will be raised to mark the U.S. return to membership after a five-year absence. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jill Biden in Paris to mark the U.S. return to the U.N.’s educational and scientific agency

By Darlene Superville - Associated Press

Attarat power plant is seen Wednesday, June 7, 2023, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Amman, Jordan. The $2.1 billion Attarat power plant that began officially operating on May 26 has fueled tensions between Beijing and the resource-poor kingdom and set off an international legal battle. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

A troubled new power plant leaves Jordan in debt to China, raising concerns over Beijing’s influence

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Tires burn during an Israeli military raid in the militant stronghold of Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Monday, July 3, 2023. Israeli drones struck targets in the area early Monday and hundreds of troops were deployed. Palestinian health officials said at least five Palestinians were killed. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel targets West Bank militant stronghold with drones and troops, killing 8 Palestinians

By Nasser Nasser and Josef Federman - Associated Press