Lion of Jordan (133 page)

and Iraqi revolution
162

Hussein's official visits
173
–4,
206
–7

divisions between State Department and White House
309
–10,
322
–3

economic aid for West Bank
435

address to Congress by Hussein and Rabin
538

and Israel
163
,
217
,
284
–5; and raid on Samu'
228
–34; influence on
255
,
266
–7; inability to restrain over Lebanon
419
–20,
421
; change in view of American Jewry
455
; pressure on Netanyahu
565

and Jordan
122
,
167
; military aid agreements
76
,
217
,
232
–3; support under Eisenhower Doctrine
127
,
132
,
144
; economic aid for
169
,
174
,
207
,
214
,
488
,
509
; and request for aircraft and tanks
210
–211,
216
; after June War
255
–6,
269
–70,
275
–6; restoration of relations with
508
–10,
545
–6,
547
; and cancellation of debt
534
–5,
538
,
539

and Suez crisis
114
–15

support for Hussein
137
,
167
,
255

policy towards Middle East
159
,
296
–7,
408
–9,
471
–2

support for Nasser
177
–8,
197
–8

and revolution in Yemen
189

support for Ba'th
198

and June War ceasefire
247
,
248

and Jordanian-Israeli peace negotiations
266
,
284
–5,
295
–6,
526

and Jordanian civil war
329
–30

and Jordan's rejection of Camp David Accords
405
–6

reaction to Amman Accords
427

and PLO
429
,
432
,
455

and supply of arms to Iran
435
–6

and Operation Desert Storm
502
–4

and Madrid Conference
513
,
516
–17

United States Army, 82nd Airborne Division
330

United States Navy, Sixth Fleet
167
,
330
,
417

Vance, Cyrus, and Camp David Accords
401
,
402

Veliotis, Nicholas, US envoy to Hussein
418

Versailles peace conference (1919)
6
,
9
–10

Victoria College, Alexandria
42
–3,
54

Viets, Richard, US ambassador to Amman
414
–15

Wadi Araba
541

al-Wahadat refugee camp, Amman
316
,
325

Wahbah, Mjali
575

Wahhabi movement
15
,
16
–17

Waldheim, Kurt, UN secretary-general
372

Washington Declaration
536
–40

al-Wazir, Khalil (Abu Jihad)
433
,
434

Weizman, Ezer
244
,
363
,
393
,
413

as President of Israel
540
,
553
,
569
–70,
607

Weizmann, Chaim, negotiations with Abdullah
23
–4

‘welfare capitalism'
185

West Bank

Israeli retaliation raids (from 1951)
67

raid on Qibya (1953)
71
–4

Glubb's defence strategy
98
–9

declaration of martial law (1957)
140

support for Nasser
157

Ben-Gurion's designs on
163
,
167

PLO and
204

Hussein's tour of
205

Jordanian army in
213

proposals on demilitarization
217
,
221
,
349

proposal for limited autonomy
218
–19

Palestinian ‘popular resistance' units
219

demonstrations over Samu' attack
226
–7

loss of (June War 1967)
245
–8,
306
,
612

economic importance to Jordan
254
,
532
,
533

Israeli claims to
256
,
293
,
295

Israeli view of
300
–301

Jordanian disengagement
340
,
457
–9,
461
,
462
–5,
613

Israeli settlements
341
,
349
,
356
,
399
,
401
,
419

and United Arab Kingdom plan
341
–2,
343
,
344
,
349

Israeli military control over
356

proposals for Israeli-Jordanian condominium
382
,
383

Jordanian links with
386
,
464

economic development
433
–4,
435

declaration of independence
467

violence over Al-Aqsa Mosque
562

and Hebron Protocol
565
–6

violence over Har Homa settlement
570

see also
Occupied Territories
;
Palestinians

West Bank Development Plan
433
–4,
435
,
462

Wilson, Harold, British prime minister
248
–9,
257
,
264
–5,
308

women, enfranchisement
476

Woodward, Bob, on CIA support for Hussein
146
–8

World Bank
405

Yariv, Major-General Aharon, report on fighting in Amman
317

Yarmouk River, Mukheiba dam project
211
–12,
214
–15

Yassin, Shaikh Ahmed, Hamas founder
466
,
574
,
576

Yatom, General Danny, head of Mossad
572
,
576
,
579

Yemen
268

civil war (1962)
188
–9

see also
North Yemen

Yishuv, Jewish community in Palestine
24

Yom Kippur War
see
October War (1973)

Yost, Charles, US permanent representative to UN
309

Young Turks' Revolution (1908)
2

Zaid bin Hussein, Prince
319
–20

Za'im, Husni
48
,
62

Zain bint Jamil, Sharifa (1916–94) (mother)
38
,
40
,
189

political influence
50
,
141
,
175

and succession of Talal
51
,
52

and brother Nasser bin Jamil
56
,
61

influence as queen mother
59
–60,
113
,
175

disapproval of Dina
91
–2,
93
,
96

jealousy of Zaid bin Shaker
99
–100

and relations with Britain
125

and relations with Saudi Arabia
125

view of Syria
176
,
177

and Muna
183

and contacts with Israelis
193
,
194
,
195

Zain, Princess
183
,
551

Zamir, Zvi, head of Mossad
308
,
361
,
362
–3,
369

Zarqa Affair (mutiny)
130
–39

conflicting accounts of
133
–9

Zaza, Lieutenant-Colonel Bader
391

Ze'evi, Rehavam
331

Zeira, Major-General Eli
308
–9,
364

Zionism
8
,
9

Zionists

and Balfour Declaration
23
–4

view of Abdullah
27
–8,
47
–8

view of Jerusalem
258

Zorlu, Fetim, Turkish foreign minister
82

Zurhellen, Owen, US deputy chief in Tel Aviv
313