Authors: Avi Shlaim
UN proposal for (1949)
32
Mount Scopus enclave
241
,
242
,
244
Hashemite trusteeship of holy places
464
â5,
529
,
532
,
533
â4,
537
,
578
Netanyahu's policy on
566
see also
Greater Jerusalem
Jerusalem Law (1980)
413
and UN partition plan
24
Jewish nationalism, Herzog's exposition of
261
Jibril, Ahmad, leader of PFLP-General Command
321
Johnson, Lyndon Baines, US President
206
â7,
215
,
228
bias towards Israel
206
meeting with Hussein
259
Hussein's letter to
269
and UN Security Council resolution (1967)
270
Johnston, Charles, British ambassador to Jordan
and Suez
119
on termination of Anglo-Jordanian treaty
127
,
144
on Zarqa Affair
136
on royal coup
142
â3
on US support for Jordan
144
on Iraqi revolution
165
,
166
â7
and prospects for Jordan (1958)
169
â70
and proposed retaliation on Syria (1959)
177
Johnston, Eric, American envoy, and Jordan river water plan
203
,
208
,
209
,
221
Joint Commission to Support the Steadfastness of the Palestinian People
433
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of
DOMESTIC MATTERS
independence (1946)
20
invasion of Palestine (1948)
26
,
28
â9
Palestinian refugees in
31
control of Jerusalem and West Bank
32
,
39
and succession to Abdullah
49
â53
regency council (1951)
50
constitution (1946)
50
constitution (1952)
53
,
113
â14,
184
,
592
democratic experiment (1952â7)
64
â5,
74
,
111
â14
political instability
65
growth of nationalism
73
â4
corruption
80
,
111
,
185
,
191
,
473
â4
Palestinians in cabinet
83
riots (1955â6)
85
â9
anti-British feeling in
97
â8
economic dependence on Britain
106
,
127
â8
international doubts about viability (1956â7)
122
â8,
129
,
161
â71,
318
â19
Egyptian influence in
128
end of democratic experiment
141
â3,
149
â52
lack of intelligence service
148
dependence on Western patronage
152
,
352
â3
instability and threat to existence of (1958)
153
,
161
â71,
164
â5
British troops in
162
,
168
,
169
,
170
internal reforms (under Tall)
184
â6
tension between security and progress
189
â90
demonstrations against 1963 UAR
190
economic weakness
191
â2,
218
,
474
â5,
610
and integration of Palestinians
204
,
611
economic consequences of June War
254
and rise of Palestinian resistance movement
301
and possibility of coup (1969)
308
â9
civil war
311
â40
military government (1970)
325
,
326
,
328
emergence of Jordanian identity
339
â40
economic cooperation with Israel
358
proposed disengagement plans
375
â8
financial support from Arab League
404
American cuts in aid
405
â6
purchase of British tanks
406
effect of war in Lebanon on
417
economic dependence on Iraq
437
â8,
488
and effect of intifada
454
internal crisis (1989)
472
â7
bread riots
474
â5
democratic reforms (from 1989)
476
â7,
510
â511,
520
,
530
â31; and return to repression
578
National Charter (1991)
476
â7
effect of UN sanctions
484
anti-Western demonstrations
484
â5
economic cost of Gulf War
507
â8
expected benefits from peace treaty
548
â9
trade agreement with Israel
548
,
549
opposition to peace treaty
548
asylum for Saddam's relations
550
â52
demonstrations against Operation Grapes of Wrath
557
economic problems
583
special session of parliament
592
â3;
see also
parliamentary elections
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
and Baghdad Pact
76
â90
as target for neighbouring states
116
,
117
,
124
UAR and
170
pro-British and pro-American factions
172
â3,
175
and concept of âThird Force'
175
â8
plan to attack Iraq (1959)
176
contacts with Israel
177
relations with Iraq
186
,
550
â52,
614
military supplies from Arab states
211
government response to Samu' incident
234
propaganda attack on Nasser
236
â7
mutual defence treaty with Egypt (1967)
237
â8,
239
and June War
242
â6
regional importance
278
isolation in Arab world
352
October War
367
â9
marginalized by Kissinger
371
â2,
375
,
387
â8
and PLO at Rabat summit
383
â4
intelligence cooperation with Mossad
387
relations with Syria
388
,
412
â13
Israeli plans for Palestinian state
393
,
416
,
454
,
457
,
524
â5
marginalized at Camp David
398
and Camp David Accords
400
â401,
405
â6
strategic alliance with Iraq (in war with Iran)
413
â15,
614
recognition of Palestinian State
467
neutrality in Gulf War
498
â506
peace negotiations, common agenda
518
,
524
peace treaty
see
Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty (1994)
opening of crossing point and telephone links to Israel
540
trade agreement with Israel
548
,
549
security cooperation
579
â80
and Israeli threat of war with Iraq
580
perservation of independence
609
and problem of Palestine
610
â611
see also
Transjordan
plan to divert headwaters
203
,
208
,
209
,
220
and Mukheiba dam project
211
,
214
â15
Jordan Valley
as border
374
Jewish settlements
561
Jordanian Arab Army
105
Bedouin regiments
100
â101,
130
,
138
â9,
168
,
316
formation of Royal Guard
125
,
149
â50
1st Armoured Car Regiment, and Zarqa incident
130
,
133
,
134
Princess Alia Brigade
134
loyalty of
158
,
161
,
168
,
191
,
229
,
232
and Israeli attack on Samu'
223
under Egyptian command (1967)
237
,
239
complicity in raids by Palestinian guerrillas
275
,
276
,
301
,
303
reorganization
304
â5
private army for royal protection
305
conflict with fedayeen
311
,
313
,
315
â16
and civil war with fedayeen
321
â6,
328
â35
60th Armoured Brigade
325
40th Armoured Brigade
326
,
367
â9
clashes with PFLP and PDFLP
338
â9
October War
367
â9
Yarmouk Brigade
411
professionalism of
412
and war in Lebanon
416
and shooting of Israeli schoolgirls
569
Prince Hassan and
583
see also
Arab Legion
Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty (1994)
532
â46,
615
negotiations
524
â31
economic cooperation
528
,
529
,
544
,
564
â5
land transfers
528
â9,
540
â41
diplomatic relations
529
Muslim holy places in Jerusalem
529
,
532
,
533
â4,
537
,
542
,
562
,
578
and refugee problem
532
,
540
,
542
meeting in Wadi Araba
536
Washington Declaration
536
â40
and move to normalization
538
â9,
552
,
564
â5
discussion of details
540
â43
definition of borders
541
â2
security provisions
542
compared with Israeli-Egyptian treaty
543
â4
signing
543
Israeli reaction to
545
effect of Netanyahu's policies on
560
â68
final status agenda
578
â9
Judea, Likud view of
392
Judeh, Nasser
516
Juma'a, Saad, as prime minister
234
Arab states and
234
â5
Hussein's mistakes
234
â8,
239
â40,
251
,
612
Nasser's brinkmanship
236
â8
UN ceasefire
246
â7
compared with 1948 Al-Nakbah
252
Kabariti, Abdul Karim, prime minister
557
,
584
relations with Prince Hassan
584
Kamel Hassan al-Majid, Colonel Saddam
550
â52
Kamel Hassan al-Majid, Lieutenant- General Hussein
501
,
550
â52
Karameh, Israeli attack on
276
â7,
311
Kasim, Adnan
136
as chief of royal court
588
,
605
Kasim, Osama
136
Katzenbach, Nicholas, US under-secretary of state
259
Kedourie, Elie
7
Kenan, Naftali
249
â50
Kerak, petition to king from
474
Khaled bin Sultan, HRH General, Saudi Arabia
496
al-Khalidi, Dr Hussein Fakhri, as prime minister
139
â40
Khammash, General Amer, Jordanian army chief-of-staff
239
â40,
292
,
308