Lion of Jordan (120 page)

31 May 1974

The Israeli–Syrian disengagement agreement is signed.

26–9 Oct. 1974

Arab League summit at Rabat recognizes the PLO as ‘the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people'.

13 Apr. 1975

Outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War.

1 Sept. 1975

Israeli–Egyptian interim agreement, Sinai II.

1 June 1976

Syrian military intervention in Lebanon.

9 Feb. 1977

Queen Alia dies in a helicopter accident.

17 May 1977

Rise to power in Israel of right-wing Likud Party.

1 Oct. 1977

Joint statement by the US and USSR for reconvening the Geneva peace conference.

19–21 Nov. 1977

Sadat's visit to Jerusalem.

14 Mar. 1978

IDF launches Operation Litani in southern Lebanon.

15 June 1978

King Hussein marries Queen Noor (Lisa Halaby).

5–17 Sept. 1978

The Camp David Conference.

17 Sept. 1978

Israel and Egypt sign the Camp David Accords.

2–5 Nov. 1978

Arab League summit in Baghdad denounces the Camp David Accords.

1 Feb. 1979

The Islamic Revolution in Iran.

26 Mar. 1979

Israel–Egypt peace treaty is signed at the White House.

1 Apr. 1979

Jordan severs diplomatic relations with Egypt.

17 Sept. 1980

Outbreak of war between Iraq and Iran.

7 June 1981

Israel bombs the Iraqi nuclear reactor near Baghdad.

6 Oct. 1981

Anwar Sadat is assassinated and Husni Mubarak succeeds.

14 Dec. 1981

Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights.

6 June 1982

Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

4 July 1982

IDF begins siege of West Beirut.

21 Aug. 1982

PLO fighters are evacuated from Beirut.

1 Sept. 1982

President Reagan announces his Middle East peace plan.

9 Sept. 1982

Arab League summit in Fez.

4 Apr. 1983

King Hussein and Arafat reach a draft agreement.

10 Apr. 1983

Jordan abandons initiative with the PLO.

Feb. 1984

Jordan reopens dialogue with the PLO.

25 Sept. 1984

Jordan re-establishes diplomatic relations with Egypt.

22 Nov. 1984

King Hussein opens the Seventeenth PNC session in Amman.

11 Feb. 1985

The Jordanian–PLO accord is signed.

1 Oct. 1985

Israel bombs PLO headquarters in Tunis.

19 Feb. 1986

The Jordanian–PLO accord is abrogated.

July 1986

Closure of PLO and Fatah offices in Amman.

Aug. 1986

Jordan unveils the West Bank Development Plan.

11 Apr. 1987

The Hussein–Peres London Agreement.

19 Oct. 1987

Hussein–Shultz meeting in London.

8–11 Nov. 1987

Arab League summit in Amman.

9 Dec. 1987

Outbreak of the first Palestinian intifada.

27 Jan. 1988

George Shultz launches his peace initiative.

7–9 June 1988

Arab League summit in Algiers.

18 July 1988

End of the Iran–Iraq War.

28 July 1988

Jordan terminates West Bank Development Plan.

31 July 1988

Jordan disengages from the West Bank.

15 Nov. 1988

PNC meeting in Algiers recognizes Israel and accepts UN resolutions on Palestine.

14 Dec. 1988

Arafat accepts US terms for talks with the PLO.

16 Feb. 1989

The Arab Cooperation Council is formed.

18 Apr. 1989

Outbreak of riots in Ma'an.

8 Nov. 1989

Parliamentary elections are held.

Apr. 1990

King Hussein appoints a sixty-member royal commission to draft a national charter.

2 Aug. 1990

Iraq invades Kuwait.

3 Aug. 1990

Arab League condemns the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

10 Aug. 1990

Arab League approves military intervention against Iraq.

24 Dec. 1990

The Jordanian National Charter is announced.

16 Jan.–28 Feb. 1991

The Gulf War.

Mar. 1991

President Bush announces major new Middle East peace initiative.

9 June 1991

The Jordanian National Charter is adopted at a national conference.

30–31 Oct. 1991

Middle East peace conference convenes in Madrid.

14 Dec. 1991

Bilateral Arab–Israeli peace talks begin in Washington.

5 July 1992

Political parties are legalized.

Aug. 1992

King Hussein undergoes cancer surgery in the US.

13 Sept. 1993

Israel–PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-government is signed in the White House (Oslo Accord).

14 Sept. 1993

Jordan and Israel sign a common agenda in Washington.

1 Oct. 1993

Prince Hassan and Shimon Peres launch the Jordanian–US–Israeli Economic Committee in Washington.

8 Nov. 1993

Parliamentary elections.

4 May 1994

Israel and PLO reach agreement in Cairo on the application of the Declaration of Principles.

18 July 1994

Jordanian–Israeli negotiations move to the region.

25 July 1994

Washington Declaration is signed, ending state of war between Jordan and Israel.

26 July 1994

Hussein and Rabin address a joint session of Congress.

26 Oct. 1994

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty.

28 Sept. 1995

Israeli–Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Oslo II) is signed.

29–31 Oct. 1995

Second MENA economic summit held in Amman.

4 Nov. 1995

Rabin is assassinated and Peres succeeds him.

5 Jan. 1996

Hamas master bomb-maker Yahya Ayyash (‘The Engineer') is assassinated by Israel.

11 Apr. 1996

Israel launches Operation Grapes of Wrath in south Lebanon.

29 May 1996

Binyamin Netanyahu defeats Peres in Israeli elections.

25 Sept. 1996

Clashes following opening of tunnel in the Old City of Jerusalem.

2 Oct. 1996

Summit meeting in Washington, DC, with Clinton, Hussein and Netanyahu.

13 Nov. 1996

Third MENA economic summit opens in Cairo.

15 Jan. 1997

The Hebron Protocol is signed.

9 Mar. 1997

Hussein sends strongly worded letter to Netanyahu.

13 Mar. 1997

Six Israeli schoolgirls killed by a Jordanian soldier at Naharayim crossing.

18 Mar. 1997

Construction begins of Jewish housing at Har Homa in East Jerusalem.

25 Sept. 1997

The Khalid Mishal Affair.

14 July 1998

King Hussein leaves Jordan for medical treatment in the US.

23 Oct. 1998

The signing of the Wye River Memorandum.

19 Jan. 1999

King Hussein returns to Jordan from the US after treatment for cancer.

25 Jan. 1999

Crown Prince Hassan dismissed and Prince Abdullah bin Hussein named crown prince.

26 Jan. 1999

King Hussein leaves for the US for emergency medical treatment.

5 Feb. 1999

King Hussein's final return to Jordan.

7 Feb. 1999

King Hussein dies, King Abdullah II proclaimed king and Prince Hamzah appointed crown prince.

8 Feb. 1999

King Hussein's funeral.

Abdullah bin Hussein

19 December 2002

King

Dr Kamel Abu Jaber

13 September 2001

Foreign Minister

Hasan Abu-Nimah

7 March 2002

Ambassador

Adnan Abu-Odeh

16 September 2001

Political Adviser

Jawad al-Anani

19 September 2002

Foreign Minister

Fouad Ayoub

15 March 2002

Ambassador

Princess Basma bint Talal

21 December 2002

Sister of Hussein

Dr Musa Braizat

21 December 2002

Ambassador

Dr Munther Haddadin

15 September 2002

Minister of Water and Irrigation

 

17 September 2002

 

Dr Mustafa Hamarneh

14 March 2002

Academic

Prince El Hassan bin Talal

19 September 2001

Crown Prince

 

17 September 2002

 

 

11 January 2007

 

Hussein bin Talal

3 December 1996

King

Dr Taher Kanaan

11 September 2002

Minister of Planning

Name

Date

Principal Position

Marwan Kasim

17 September 2001

Deputy Prime Minister

 

15 September 2002

 

 

19 September 2002

 

 

16 December 2002

 

 

18 December 2002

 

General Muhammad Rasoul al-Keilani

20 December 2002

Director of General Intelligence

Dr Musa al-Keilani

20 December 2002

Journalist

Awn Khasawneh

22 December 2002

Chief of the Royal Court

Abdul Ilah al-Khatib

13 March 2002

Foreign Minister

Ahmad al-Lozi

15 December 2002

Prime Minister

Dr Abdul Salam Majali

18 September 2001

Prime Minister

 

19 September 2001

 

General Hussein Majali

21 December 2002

Chief Security Officer to Hussein

Taher al-Masri

21 September 2001

Prime Minister

 

6 March 2002

 

 

10 March 2002

 

 

11 March 2002

 

 

14 September 2002

 

Marwan Muasher

13 March 2002

Foreign Minister

Rajai Muasher

21 December 2002

Minister of Industry and Trade

Dr Hani Mulki

17 September 2001

Minister of Trade

Dr Samir Mutawi

18 September 2001

Minister of Information

 

6 March 2002

 

Omar Nabulsi

20 September 2002

Minister of National Economy

Dr Hazem Nusseibeh

18 September 2002

Foreign Minister

Prince Raad bin Zaid

16 September 2002

Lord Chamberlain

General Natheer Rasheed

20 September 2002

Director of Intelligence

Zaid Rifa'i

19 September 2002

Prime Minister

 

20 December 2002

 

Abdullah Salah

12 December 2002

Ambassador

Name

Date

Principal Position

Princess Sarvath

11 January 2007

Wife of Prince Hassan

Dr Jamal Sha'er

20 September 2001

Minister of Local Government

Sharif Zaid bin Shaker

12 March 2002

Prime Minister

Laila Sharaf

18 September 2002

Minister of Information

 

22 December 2002

 

General Ali Shukri

16 September 2001

Director of Hussein's Private Office

 

17 September 2001

 

 

18 September 2001

 

 

11 September 2002

 

 

13 September 2002

 

 

11 December 2002

 

 

13 December 2002

 

 

14 December 2002

 

 

15 December 2002

 

 

16 December 2002

 

 

19 December 2002

 

 

22 December 2002

 

 

24 February 2003

 

 

26 March 2003

 

 

9 June 2003

 

 

12 June 2003

 

General Ihsan Shurdom

12 March 2002

Commander of the Air Force

General Tahseen Shurdom

16 September 2002

Director of Public Security

Prince Talal bin Muhammad

11 September 2002

National Security Adviser to Hussein

 

12 September 2002

 

 

24 September 2002

 

Mreiwad al-Tall

12 September 2001

Court Official

Tariq al-Tall

11 August 2001

Academic

Dr Fayez Tarawneh

18 December 2002

Prime Minister

ISRAELI OFFICIALS

(
Interviews were held in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
)

Major-General Meir Amit

21 March 2002

Director of the Mossad

Dr Yossi Beilin

23 June 2004

Minister of Justice

Name

Date

Principal Position

Simha Dinitz

21 July 1982

Director-General of PM's office

Miriam Eshkol

12 December 2002

Librarian of the Knesset

Mordechai Gazit

22 June 2004

Director-General of PM's office

General Shlomo Gazit

23 June 2004

Director of Military Intelligence

Eitan Haber

24 June 2004

Director-General of PM's office

Dan Meridor

21 June 2004

Minister of Justice

Dan Patir

20 June 2004

Press Secretary to PM

Shimon Peres

22 June 2004

Prime Minister

 

24 June 2004

 

Itzhak Rabin

22 August 1982

Prime Minister

Professor Itamar Rabinovich

23 June 2004

Ambassador to United States

Moshe Sasson

8 September 1982

Ambassador to Egypt

 

21 March 2002

 

Yaacov Shimoni

26 September 1982

Foreign Ministry Official

AMERICAN OFFICIALS

(
Interviews held in Washington, DC
)

Wesley Egan

2 December 2003

Ambassador to Jordan

Cranwell G. Montgomery

3 December 2003

Ambassador to Oman

Nicholas Veliotis

3 December 2003

Ambassador to Jordan

Richard Viets

1 December 2003

Ambassador to Jordan

BRITISH OFFICIALS

Sir Mark Allen

23 February 2007 (Oxford)

Political Counsellor, Amman

Christopher Prentice

7 November 2006 (Oxford)

Ambassador to Jordan

Sir Roger Tomkys

29 September 2001 (Cambridge)

Ambassador to Syria