Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood Ban: Why It Has Everything to Do with Israel

By Robert Inlakesh

Jordan’s renewed crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood reflects growing regime insecurity and its deepening collaboration with Israel amid rising pro-Palestine sentiment at home.

On Wednesday, Jordanian Interior Minister Mazin al-Faraya announced that the Hashemite Kingdom is placing a ban on the Muslim Brotherhood. While the move comes in what Amman has framed as a reaction to destabilizing…