Lion of Jordan (127 page)

televised address (1992)
45
,
519
–20

address to staff college (1992)
520

reaction to Oslo Accord
521
–5

relations with Rabin
525
,
527
–8,
533
,
538
,
549
–50

and peace treaty with Israel (1994)
532
,
534
–5,
540
–43

speech to Parliament
535
–6

Washington Declaration
537
–8

and hopes for peace with Israel
543
–6,
611
,
615

relations with Peres
549
,
557

call for overthrow of Saddam Hussein
550
–52

and assassination of Rabin
553
–4

and Netanyahu
557
–9,
562
–8,
581

and Hebron Protocol
565
and shooting of Israeli schoolgirls
569
–70

and Mishal affair
571
–6

relations with Sharon
575
,
579

negotiator between Israel and

Palestinians
578
–9

role in Wye Agreement
589
–91

nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
591

LAST MONTHS

diagnosis of cancer
581
,
582
–3

last illness
589
–90,
591
–2,
594
–7,
598
,
603
–4

return to Jordan (last months)
598
–9

televised address (1999)
598

problem of succession
184
,
587
–8,
593
–607

relationship with Hassan
60
,
485
–6; closeness to
353
–5,
518
–19,
584
,
597
; change in attitude to
592
–3; meeting in London
596
–8; final letter to
604
–6

death and funeral
607
–8

memorial service in London
616

legacy
609
–16

Husseini, Faisal, PLO delegation
512

al-Husseini, Hajj Amin, Palestinian nationalist leader
25

al-Husseini refugee camp, Amman
316
,
325

Ibn Saud, Sultan Abd al-Aziz
15
–17

Ikhwan (Wahhabi warriors)
15
,
16

Iman, Princess
408
,
596

Independent Party
112

Innab, Major-General Radi
105

International Monetary Fund (IMF), austerity measures
474

intifada
(Palestinian uprising 1987)
453
–7,
613

anti-Jordanian dimension
454

and rise of Hamas
466

and moderating effect on PLO
467
–8

Iran

and Baghdad Pact
76

Islamic Revolution
409
–10

Iran-Iraq War (1980–88)
410
–13

and ‘Irangate'
435
–6

end of
468

Iraq

British mandate over
10

and succession of Talal
51

and Baghdad Pact
76
–7,
89
,
155
,
157

relations with Jordan
106
,
151
,
186
,
309
,
550
–52,
555
–6

military support for Jordan
108
,
120
,
137

and Suez
118

Free Officers' Revolution (1958)
150
,
153
,
159
–61,
164
–6

and Syria
157
,
164
,
438
–9

Jordanian ambitions in
161
,
176

Ba'th coup (1963)
189

Ba'th Party
189
,
312
,
334
,
413

troops in Jordan (1967)
239
,
252
,
254
,
268

and June War
243

support for fedayeen
321

and civil war in Jordan
322
,
333
–4

and October War
368

as counterweight to Islamic Iran
410

Israeli bombing of nuclear reactor
413

strategic alliance with Jordan
413
–15,
614

economic support for Jordan
437
–8,
488

Jordanian arms supplies to
437
–8

and Arab Cooperation Council
468
–9

invasion of Kuwait (1990)
478
–502,
614

release of Western hostages
494

chemical weapons (and WMDs)
500
–501,
551
,
580

risings of Kurds and Shi'ites
504
–5

Hussein's call for democracy in
520

and threat of war with Israel
579
–80

see also
Saddam Hussein

Iraqi nationalists, and Arab Revolt
5
,
6

Irbid

Israeli attacks on
277
,
303
,
310
,
314
,
315

fedayeen control of
323
–4

Syrian occupation
330

Islamic Action Front (IAF)
515
–16,
530
,
548

Islamic Jihad, suicide bombers
570

Islamic Liberation party
112

Israel Defence Force (IDF)

and First Arab-Israeli War
28

raid on Qibya
71
,
72

reprisal attack on Qalqilyah (October 1956)
108

attack on Samu'
223
,
225

West Bank offensive (June War)
247

shelling of Irbid
310

Israel, State of
8
,
25
,
26
,
31
–2,
610
,
612

DOMESTC MATTERS

Provisional State Council
27

and Palestinian infiltration
66
–74

claims to West Bank
163
,
167
,
256
,
293
,
295
,
374

and Jordan headwaters plan
203
,
208
,
211

government divisions over West Bank and peace agreements
256
–7,
282
–3,
331
,
351
–2

Gahal Party
256
,
320
,
351

view of West Bank
300
–301,
356
,
357
,
413

lack of interest in peace agreement (1972–3)
356
–7

elections (Dec. 1973)
375

National Religious Party
357
,
380
,
382
; refusal to give up West Bank
374

Labour Party
378
–9,
558
; support for Hashemite monarchy
115
,
158
,
163
,
196
,
199
,
524
; split over occupied territories
256
; weakness of Rabin's government
380
; election victory (1992)
520

Likud Party: increasingly aggressive policy towards Arabs
392
–5,
413
–14,
423
; opposition to Palestinian state
392
,
558
;
see also
Netanyahu, Binyamin

and view of Jordan as Palestinian state
393
,
416
,
454
,
457

Jerusalem Law (1980)
413

national unity government (from 1984)
423
,
430
,
440
–41

Knesset endorsement of peace treaty
545

FOREIGN RELATIONS

expansionism
28
,
207
,
272
,
280
,
414
,
423
,
612
–13; ambitions for Jordanian territory
115
,
163

military superiority
356
,
611
; raid on Qibya
72
; policy of military reprisals
67
,
69
,
79
,
108
,
311
,
314
–15; invasions of Lebanon
415
–16; and intifada
454

diplomatic intransigence
280
; rejection of Hussein's six-point plan
302
; and second Rogers Plan
320
; rejection of modified Allon plan
337
; rejection of United Arab Kingdom plan
346
–52; rejection of London Agreement
445
–7

and Suez
115
–17,
119

and UAR
153
–4

and June War (1967)
240
–48; warnings to Hussein to avoid June War
241
–2; pressure to accept ceasefire (June War)
247
,
248
–50; triumphalism after June War
256
–7; and UN Resolution
242
:
273
–4,
287
,
289
–90,
293
,
302
–3

and October War
364
–70; intelligence failure
363
–4

supply of arms to Iran
435

Gulf War
498
–502; Iraqi Scud missile attacks on
503

RELATIONS WITH
E
GYPT

military disengagement agreement with Egypt (1974)
373

Sinai
II
agreement with Egypt
387
–8

Sadat's visit to Jerusalem (1977)
34
,
396
–8

peace treaty with Egypt (1979)
413

RELATIONS WITH
J
ORDAN

relations with Abdullah
33
–5

reaction to assassination
47
–9

border war (1956)
108
–9

and threats to Jordan (1958)
162
–3

support for (1958)
163
–4,
165

assurances to
177
,
231
,
257
,
350
–51

and Samu' raid
227
–8

attacks on Fatah bases
276
–7,
282

and direct contact with Hussein
278
–9

plans in event of coup in Jordan (1969)
308
–9

and Jordanian civil war
330
,
331
–2,
333

alternative to United Arab Kingdom plan
348
–9

demands for border changes
350
–51

economic cooperation
358
,
548
,
549

limited disengagement
376
–8

and view of Jordan as Palestinian state
393
,
416
,
454
,
457

economic aid
435

effect of Jordanian disengagement on
466

peace negotiations, common agenda
518
,
524

popular support for peace treaty
547
–8

security cooperation
579
–80

RELATIONS WITH
P
ALESTINIANS

view of fedayeen
303
–4,
311
,
314
–15,
317

refusal to deal with PLO
381
,
383
,
428
–9,
468

Arab-Palestinian recognition of
472

and Oslo Accords with PLO
520
–24

recognition of PLO
521

Arab criticisms of (1996)
564
–5

Israeli-Palestinian final status talks
588
–91

AND
USA

American restraints on
137
,
140
–41

influence in America
200

lobbying in Washington in support of Jordan
207
–8,
215

see also
Meir, Golda
;
Netanyahu, Binyamin
;
Occupied Territories
;
Peres, Shimon
;
Rabin, Itzhak
;
Shamir, Itzhak
;
Sharon, Ariel

Israel-Jordan-US economic committee
528

Israeli Air Force

shooting down of Syrian MiGs (April 1967)
235

and June War
240
,
243

attack on Hussein's palace (1967)
243
–4

support in Jordanian civil war
333

and Jordanian unit in October War
368
–9

bombing of Iraqi nuclear reactor
413

strike against PLO in Tunis
430

Israelis, view of Jordan's conduct in First Arab-Israeli War
29
–30

Jabal Abu Ghunaym (Har Homa)
566
,
568
,
570

Jabal al-Druze
20

Jabaliyah refugee camp, Gaza Strip
453

Jaber, Saleh, Iraqi foreign minister
51

Jabotinsky, Ze'ev, Revisionist Zionist
24

Jadid, Salih, Syrian Ba'th party
333

Jamian, Lieutenant-Colonel Emil
177
,
198

Jarring, Dr Gunnar, UN mission
274
,
280
,
286
,
293
,
309

Israeli suspension of mission
302
,
336

and second Rogers Plan
320

Jedda, fall of
6

Jericho, proposals for
374
,
382