Authors: Avi Shlaim
and Iraqi revolution
162
Hussein's official visits
173
â4,
206
â7
divisions between State Department and White House
309
â10,
322
â3
economic aid for West Bank
435
address to Congress by Hussein and Rabin
538
and Israel
163
,
217
,
284
â5; and raid on Samu'
228
â34; influence on
255
,
266
â7; inability to restrain over Lebanon
419
â20,
421
; change in view of American Jewry
455
; pressure on Netanyahu
565
and Jordan
122
,
167
; military aid agreements
76
,
217
,
232
â3; support under Eisenhower Doctrine
127
,
132
,
144
; economic aid for
169
,
174
,
207
,
214
,
488
,
509
; and request for aircraft and tanks
210
â211,
216
; after June War
255
â6,
269
â70,
275
â6; restoration of relations with
508
â10,
545
â6,
547
; and cancellation of debt
534
â5,
538
,
539
and Suez crisis
114
â15
support for Hussein
137
,
167
,
255
policy towards Middle East
159
,
296
â7,
408
â9,
471
â2
support for Nasser
177
â8,
197
â8
and revolution in Yemen
189
support for Ba'th
198
and Jordanian-Israeli peace negotiations
266
,
284
â5,
295
â6,
526
and Jordanian civil war
329
â30
and Jordan's rejection of Camp David Accords
405
â6
reaction to Amman Accords
427
and supply of arms to Iran
435
â6
and Operation Desert Storm
502
â4
and Madrid Conference
513
,
516
â17
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
â10
Victoria College, Alexandria
42
â3,
54
Viets, Richard, US ambassador to Amman
414
â15
Wadi Araba
541
al-Wahadat refugee camp, Amman
316
,
325
Wahbah, Mjali
575
Waldheim, Kurt, UN secretary-general
372
Washington Declaration
536
â40
al-Wazir, Khalil (Abu Jihad)
433
,
434
as President of Israel
540
,
553
,
569
â70,
607
Weizmann, Chaim, negotiations with Abdullah
23
â4
âwelfare capitalism'
185
West Bank
Israeli retaliation raids (from 1951)
67
raid on Qibya (1953)
71
â4
Glubb's defence strategy
98
â9
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
â19
Palestinian âpopular resistance' units
219
demonstrations over Samu' attack
226
â7
loss of (June War 1967)
245
â8,
306
,
612
economic importance to Jordan
254
,
532
,
533
Israeli view of
300
â301
Jordanian disengagement
340
,
457
â9,
461
,
462
â5,
613
Israeli settlements
341
,
349
,
356
,
399
,
401
,
419
and United Arab Kingdom plan
341
â2,
343
,
344
,
349
Israeli military control over
356
proposals for Israeli-Jordanian condominium
382
,
383
economic development
433
â4,
435
declaration of independence
467
violence over Al-Aqsa Mosque
562
and Hebron Protocol
565
â6
violence over Har Homa settlement
570
see also
Occupied Territories
;
Palestinians
West Bank Development Plan
433
â4,
435
,
462
Wilson, Harold, British prime minister
248
â9,
257
,
264
â5,
308
women, enfranchisement
476
Woodward, Bob, on CIA support for Hussein
146
â8
World Bank
405
Yariv, Major-General Aharon, report on fighting in Amman
317
Yarmouk River, Mukheiba dam project
211
â12,
214
â15
Yassin, Shaikh Ahmed, Hamas founder
466
,
574
,
576
Yatom, General Danny, head of Mossad
572
,
576
,
579
Yemen
268
civil war (1962)
188
â9
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
â20
Zain bint Jamil, Sharifa (1916â94) (mother)
38
,
40
,
189
and brother Nasser bin Jamil
56
,
61
influence as queen mother
59
â60,
113
,
175
disapproval of Dina
91
â2,
93
,
96
jealousy of Zaid bin Shaker
99
â100
and relations with Britain
125
and relations with Saudi Arabia
125
and Muna
183
and contacts with Israelis
193
,
194
,
195
Zamir, Zvi, head of Mossad
308
,
361
,
362
â3,
369
Zarqa Affair (mutiny)
130
â39
conflicting accounts of
133
â9
Zaza, Lieutenant-Colonel Bader
391
Ze'evi, Rehavam
331
Zeira, Major-General Eli
308
â9,
364
Zionists
and Balfour Declaration
23
â4
view of Jerusalem
258
Zorlu, Fetim, Turkish foreign minister
82
Zurhellen, Owen, US deputy chief in Tel Aviv
313