Lion of Jordan (131 page)

political parties, 1956 elections
111
–12

Popular Arab-Jordanian Committee for

Resisting Submission and

Normalization
548

Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PDFLP)
312
,
317
,
320
,
321

Popular Front for the Liberation of

Palestine (PFLP)
301
,
312
,
320
,
321
;

hijacking of airliners
323
–5

Possobliuk, Andrei
524

public opinion

criticism of royal family
65
,
92

opposition to Baghdad Pact
87

popularity of Hussein
104
–5,
171
,
202
,
484
–5,
519
–20

support for Nasser
107
,
190
,
238

Hussein's marriage to Muna
183

support for Palestinian movement
301
,
434

opposition to peace treaty with Israel
548
,
564

Qabbani, Nizar, Syrian poet
564

Qaboos ibn Said, Sultan, ruler of Oman
412

Qaddumi, Faruk, and Egyptian-Syrian war plan
360

Qalqilyah, IDF attack on (October 1956)
108

Qana, massacre at
557

Qasim, Abd al-Karim, prime minister of Iraq
159
–60,
176

Qatar
410
,
565

Qibya, Israeli raid on (1953)
71
–4

al-Quwatli, Shukri, President of Syria
136

Raad bin Zaid, Prince, lord chamberlain
41
–2,
319
,
475
,
477

Rabin, Itzhak
224
,
331
,
383

as ambassador to Washington
285
–6,
330
,
331

as prime minister
379
–81,
382

meetings with Hussein
381
–3,
389
–90,
434
,
525
–6,
528

resignation
392

as defence minister
423

and Oslo Accord
521
,
523
,
525
,
614

and Peres
528
,
530

and Washington Declaration
536
–9

and peace treaty (1994)
541
–2,
543

influence of Hussein on
549
–50

assassination
552
–4

Rabinovich, Professor Itamar, Israeli ambassador to Washington
534
,
539

Radio Baghdad
138

Radio Cairo
81
,
84
,
137
–8,
157
,
183

Radio Damascus
157

Rafael, Gideon, Israeli foreign ministry
331
,
388

Raiyah, Princess
408

Ramadan, Taha Yasin, vice-president of Iraq
495

Rania, Queen
586
,
603

al-Rasheed, Natheer
73
,
130
,
133
,
324

and Zarqa Affair
134
–6

reinstatement
151
,
324

Rashid, Prince (son of Prince Hassan)
593

Reagan Plan
418
–21,
613

Reagan, Ronald, US President

personal relations with Hussein
414
–15,
419
–20

pro-Israeli policy
414

peace plan
418
–21

and Amman Accord
426
–7

summit with Gorbachev
444
,
450
–51

refugees

after June War
254

from Gulf War
484
,
497

Palestinians expelled from Kuwait
507

from south Lebanon
557

see also
Palestinians

Remez, Aharon, Israeli ambassador in London
249

Riad, General Abdel Munim

and June War
237
,
240
–41,
243
,
244
–5,
246

withdrawal from West Bank
246
,
247

Rifa'i, Abdul Monem, ambassador to USA
141

as prime minister
317

Rifa'i, Samir, as prime minister
49
,
87
–8,
107
,
172
,
175
,
190

and dismissal of Glubb
101

suggestion of direct talks with Israel
109
–10

as deputy prime minister (1957)
141

and Iraqi revolution
158
,
159
,
161
,
166

Rifa'i, Zaid
43
,
243
,
473
,
474

and October War
265

role in negotiations with Israel
279
–83,
290
,
292
,
294
–5,
297
,
307
,
335
–7

approach to US
307

and assassination attempt on Hussein
316

and civil war
325
,
328

secret mission to meet Sadat
358

at September 1973 meeting
361
,
363
–4

Geneva Conference
372
–3

and Kissinger
374

as negotiator
375
–6

and disengagement with Israel
376
–8

meetings with Rabin
381
–3

and 1974 Rabat summit
383
–5

as prime minister
386
,
433
–4,
441
,
473
–5

and relations with Syria
431
–2

and London Agreement
441
,
443

and disengagement from West Bank
458
–9

dismissal
475

and succession of Abdullah
606

Rimawi, Abdullah, Ba'th leader
113
,
123
,
126
–7,
128

and move towards communism
129

and Abu Nuwar
130

Rodman, Peter, US official
373

Rogers Plan
309
–10

second
320

Rogers, William, US secretary of state
300
,
356

Roosevelt, Kermit (‘Kim') (CIA)
146

Ross, Dennis, peace process coordinator
534
–5,
553
–4,
589
–90

Rostow, Eugene, US under-secretary of state
259
,
264

Rostow, Walt, adviser to Johnson
259
,
276

Royal Air Force
210
–211

intervention in Transjordan
16
,
17

attack on Syrian forces (1970 civil war)
333

Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF)
217
,
237
,
243

British advisers in
176

defections
189

June War
243

links with Iraq
490
–91

Rubinstein, Elyakim
445
,
448
,
498
,
516
,
517

and peace negotiations (common agenda)
524
,
533
,
536

and Mishal affair
574

al-Rusan, Lieutenant-Colonel Mahmud
158
,
198

al-Rusan, Sadiq
158

Rusheidat, Abdul Rahman, on regency council (1951)
50

Rusk, Dean, US Secretary of State
242
,
248
,
270

Sabra refugee camp, massacre
419

Sadat, Anwar, President of Egypt
278

visit to Jerusalem (1977)
34
,
396
–8,
613

and Jordanian civil war
336
–7

reaction to United Arab Kingdom plan
344
–5

preparations for limited war (1973)
358
–9,
360

and October War
365
–6,
369
–70

and PLO
366

American support for
369
–70,
385

and Camp David conference
398
–9,
400
,
401
,
402

view of Hussein
398
–9

assassination
413

Saddam Hussein

friendship with Hussein
404
–5,
436

and war with Iran
413

Hussein's advice to
468
,
492
–3,
494
–5,
550
–51

increasing aggression
468

agreement to withdraw from Kuwait
479
,
480
,
482
–3

annexation of Kuwait
483
–4,
505

linkage of Gulf conflict with Palestinian question
486
–7

brutality
488
,
550
–51

Arab popular support for
491

see also
Gulf War

Sadiq, General Muhammad, Egyptian chief-of-staff
345

Said, Abu, journalist
145

as-Said, Nuri, prime minister of Iraq
77
,
155
,
157

and Baghdad Pact
76
–7,
79
,
89

and military support for Jordan
108
,
159
–60

murder of
160

Salih, Ali Abdullah, president of North Yemen
469

al-Sallal, Abdullah, coup in Yemen
188
,
469

Salt, Israeli attacks on
277
,
282
,
303

Samaria, Likud view of
392

Samu', IDF attack on
223
–7,
251
,
262

Samuel, Sir Herbert
12

San Remo agreement
10

Sarraj, Abd al-Hamid, Syrian minister of interior
158

Sarvath, Princess
584
,
596

Sasson, Elias
47

Sasson, Moshe, and Abdullah
I
46
–7

as-Sati, Dr Shawkat Aziz
194
,
195

Satloff, Robert
150

Saud al-Faisal, Prince
482

Saud ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
125
,
132
,
155
,
164
,
187
–8

and military support for Hussein
120
,
136
–7,
151

Saudi Arabia

relations with Jordan
21
,
89
,
164
,
438
,
477

relations with Britain
78

defence pact with Egypt
81
–2

and Baghdad Pact
84

economic aid for Jordan
123
,
127
,
155

support for Hussein
132
,
136
,
151

rejection of Arab Union link
155

military union (Taif agreements)
187
–8

and revolution in Yemen
188
–9

brigade in October War
366
,
367

and PLO
384

and Camp David Accords
402
,
403

military weakness
410

and ACC
469
–70

and North Yemen
469
–70

suspicion of Hashemite designs on Hijaz
481
–2,
496

American troops in
482
–3,
493
–4

economic boycott of Israel
565

Saunders, Harold, US assistant secretary of state
318
,
403

Sawt al-Arab, Egyptian radio station
77

Scranton, William, US special envoy
296

Seven Year Plan, for economic development
185
,
218

Sèvres, Protocol of
115
–16

Sha'er, Jamal
174
–5

Sha'er, Kamal, resignation for Development Board
189

Shafi, Dr Haidar Abdel, PLO delegation at Madrid
512
,
514
–15

Shahbandar, Abd al-Rahman
20

Shaker, Ghassan
43

Shaker, Ghazi
43

Shaker, Zaid bin
43
,
62
,
63

and Free Officers movement
99
–100

and Zarqa Affair
135

and army conflict with fedayeen
315
–16,
317
,
324

and Kissinger
374

on Likud policy
393
,
417

and Sharaf
397

meeting with Shultz
417

and disengagement from West Bank
458

as prime minister
475
,
516

and Gulf War
488
,
494

meeting with Shamir
498
,
502

and peace negotiations
525

Shamir, Itzhak

as foreign minister
413
–14,
423

and inclusion of PLO in talks
428

as prime minister
440
–41

rejection of London Agreement
444
–6,
447
,
613

ideology of Greater Israel
448

meetings with Hussein
448
–50,
498
–502,
614

rejection of Shultz Initiative
456
,
459
–60

and mutual support for Jordan in Gulf War
497
–502,
506