Lion of Jordan (123 page)

Zeira, Eli.
Milchemet yom ha-kippurim: mytos mul metsiut [The Yom Kippur War: Myth against Reality],
in Hebrew. Tel Aviv: Yediot Aharonot, 1993

Page numbers in
italics
refer to maps

Abbas, Mahmoud (Abu Mazen)
521

Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
78
,
132

Abd al-Ilah, Crown Prince of Iraq
51
,
154

Hussein's hatred of
155
–6,
159
,
165

murder of
160

Abdullah bin Hussein (1880–1951) first King of Jordan

Arab nationalism
3
–4,
18
,
19
,
65
,
99

march into Transjordan
11
–12

nominated as king of Iraq
11

as Amir of Transjordan
13
–14,
18
–20

defeated in Hijaz
15
–16

Arab view of
18
,
20
–21,
29
–31,
33

and Greater Syria project
19
–21,
65

as King of Jordan
20

and Palestine
21
–2,
67
–8

assassination
35
–7,
45
–7

and Hussein's education
42
,
43
–4

and Israel
33
–5,
110
; fear of Zionism
22
–4; negotiations with Zionist leaders
22
–4; First Arab–Israeli war
25
,
26
–31,
32
–3,
252
; and invasion of Palestine (1948)
26
,
28
–9; meetings wit; Golda Meir
26
,
27
–8; attempts at peace settlement with
33
–4,
36
,
48
,
532
; planned secret talks with Israeli officials (1951)
46
–7; respect for Jews
48
–9

legacy of
36
–7,
143
,
609

relations with Britain
40

relations with son Talal
40
,
42
,
44

and son Naif
44
,
49

secret negotiations with Iraq
51

My Memoirs Completed: ‘Al Takmilah'
67

Abdullah bin Hussein
II
(1962–), King of Jordan
183
,
449
,
502
,
572
–3

on alliance with Iraq
414

and succession to Hussein
585
–7,
595
,
597

nominated as Crown Prince
600
–602

as king
607
,
610
,
616

Abir, Princess
391

Abu Iyad (Salah Khalaf), PLO leader
360
,
366

Abu Jaber, Dr Kamel, Jordanian foreign minister
385
,
512
,
513
–14

Abu Nuwar, Ali

influence on Hussein,
62
–3,
99

as chief of staff of army
105
,
126
–7

and Suez
117
,
118
,
120

contacts with Syria
128
,
129

and Zarqa mutiny
130
–31,
133
–4,
135

and US support for Jordan
145

reinstatement
151

Abu Nuwar, Ma'an
133
,
134
,
151

Abu Shahut, Maher
100

Abu Shahut, Shahir
62

Abu Taleb, General Fathi
361

Abu-Odeh, Adnan
387
,
587
,
599

political adviser
325
,
432
–3

and possibility of disengagement from West Bank
457
–8,
459

and Gulf War
490
,
495
,
498

and meeting with Thatcher
490

and Oslo Accords
525

and peace treaty with Israel
539

Achille Lauro
, Palestinian hijacking of
431

Admoni, Nahum, Mossad
249

Afghanistan, Soviet invasion
405

Aflaq, Michel
135

Agranat Commission of Inquiry
364
,
378

Aisha, Princess
183

Ajlun

Israeli bombing of radar station
310

fedayeen in
336
,
339
Al-Aqsa Mosque tunnel
562

Al-Saiqa (wing of Syrian Ba'th party)
312

Alaiddin, Tariq, director of intelligence
458
–9

Albright, Madeleine, US Secretary of State
581
,
588

Algeria
115
,
266
,
268

support for fedayeen
321

opposition to United Arab Kingdom plan
345
–6

Ali bin Hussein, as king of Hijaz (1924–5)
16

Ali, Prince
391
,
587

Alia, Princess
92
,
93
,
94
,
95
–6,
183
,
551

Alia, Queen
43
,
355

death
391

Allon Plan
288
–90,
291
,
292
–5

modified
337

as basis for later proposals
374
–5,
382

Allon, Yigal
379
–80

Herzog and
263

personal hostility to Hussein
287
–8

meetings with Hussein
294
–5,
298
–300,
345
,
381
–2

and Jordanian civil war
330
–31,
332

support for Hussein
330
,
332
,
335
,
348

message to Hussein
332

meeting with Hussein (1970)
335
–7

support for United Arab Kingdom plan
348

and Prince Hassan
389

Amanpour, Christiane, interview
599
–600

Amer, Field Marshal Abdel Hakim, Egyptian commander
113
,
117
,
119
,
240
–41,
246

Amery, Sir Julian, MP
249
,
270
,
272

Amir, Lieutenant General Ali, Egyptian

head of United Arab Command
220

Amit, Meir, director of Mossad
200
,
264

Amman
18

palaces
60

villa in Al-Hummar
60
,
92

fedayeen in
312
–13,
316
–17

Amman Accord (1986)
424

principles of
424
–5

reactions to
425
–7

Amman Agreement (October 1970)
337
–8

Amman Pact (1956)
113
,
114

Anglo-Jordanian treaty (1948)
80
,
83
,
103

termination of
123
–4,
127

Aqaba
16
,
17
,
183

Iraqi supplies through
411
–12

Aqaba, Gulf of
116
,
168

Arab Constitutional Party
112

Arab Cooperation Council (ACC)
468
–70,
479
,
614

Arab Defence Council, Cairo
230

Arab League

and UN partition plan
24
,
31

and First Arab-Israeli War
26
,
28
,
30
–31

and Israeli threat to Jordan
73
–4

Security Pact
77
,
78

and UN Resolution (1958)
169

and Palestinian separatism
204

recognition of PLO
337
–8,
419
,
420
,
422

support for PLO
384
,
460
–61

rejection of Camp David Accords
400
,
404

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
479
,
480
–81

emergency meeting in Cairo (1990)
486

summit meetings
261
,
262
; Cairo (1964)
202
–5; Alexandria
(
19
6
4
)
211
–12; Casablanca (1965)
220
; Khartoum (1967), ‘three noes' declaration
266
–8,
269
; Rabat (1969)
310
; Rabat (1974)
382
,
383
–7,
422
; Baghdad (1977)
404
–5; Fez (1982)
419
,
422
; Amman (1987)
452
; Algiers (1988)
460
–61

Egypt: suspension
404
,
613
; readmission
452

Arab Legion
17
,
73
,
98

and First Arab-Israeli War
26
,
28
–9

10th Infantry Regiment
52

nationalism in
62
,
73
,
81
,
105

border security with Israel
6
9
,
72
,
73
,
98
–9

British subsidy to
80
,
103
,
106

suppression of riots (1955–6)
85
,
86
–9,
90

Arabization
98
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
106

Bedouin regiments
100
–101

Haderi regiments
100

see also
Jordanian Arab Army

Arab Liberation Front (wing of Iraqi Ba'th party)
312

Arab Revolt (1916)
3
,
4
–7

Arab solidarity agreement (1957)
123
–4,
155

Arab states

disunity among
187
,
266

balance between radical and conservative
210
,
232
,
400

and causes of June War
234
–5,
240
–42

Hussein's disillusionment with
250
,
251

and Israel
48
,
164
,
192
,
202
,
564

and Jordan
75
–6,
232
;

view of conduct in First Arab-Israeli War
28
–31,
32
–3; and Jordanian civil war
335
,
340
; reaction to United Arab Kingdom plan
343
–6

and lack of progress on peace
283

and Palestine
67
,
76

response to Reagan Plan
421

Arab Union, Jordan and Iraq
154
–7

and Iraqi coup
159
–62

Arab–Syrian Congress
10
,
11

Arabia, and Arab Revolt
6

Arafat, Yasser

and Fatah
219
,
323

as chairman of PLO
301
,
309
,
312

ceasefire agreements
317
,
320

and second Rogers Plan
320

declaration of independence in Irbid
331

ceasefire after civil war
335
,
336

and Amman Agreement
337
–8

rejection of United Arab Kingdom plan
346

and Egyptian–Syrian war plan
360

at 1974 Rabat summit
383

and banishment of PLO
417

agreement with Hussein (1983)
420

and negotiations with Hussein
423
,
431

Hussein's distrust of
448
,
452

independence for West Bank and Gaza Strip
467

and recognition of Israel
467

renunciation of terrorism
468

and Saddam Hussein
494

and peace negotiations (from 1991)
511

and Oslo Accord
521
,
522
,
523

and economic aspirations for Palestine
565

inability to control terrorists
570

and Wye Agreement (1998)
589
–90

at funeral
607

Arens, Moshe, Israeli minister of defence
446

Arif, Colonel Abd al-Salam, President of

Iraq
254
,
268

Iraqi coup
159
–60

and Iraqi troops in Jordan
322

Arif, General Rafiq, UAR commander-in- chief
158

al-Asad, Hafiz, Syrian President
333
,
388

Cairo summit (1973)
359

and October War
369

and Geneva Conference
372

and Iran–Iraq War
413

reconciliation with Hussein
431
–2

and Syrian plan to assassinate Hussein
554
–5

at funeral
607

Ashrawi, Dr Hanan, PLO spokesperson
512
,
517

Aswan Dam
114

Atmah, Ibrahim, RJAF
213

al-Atrash, Farid
92

al-Atrash, Sultan
20

al-Awn, Sharif Abdul Hamid
90

Ayyash, Yahya, Hamas bomb-maker
556

Aziz, Tariq, Iraqi foreign minister
495

al-Badr, Imam Muhammad, Yemen
188

Badran, Mudar, as prime minister
397
,
511

Baghdad Pact (1955)
76
–90,
155