Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty Signed by Rabin
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali signed a comprehensive peace treaty on October 26, 1994, at the Arava border crossing in the Negev desert, with President Bill Clinton witnessing. Jordan became only the second Arab nation, after Egypt, to make formal peace with Israel. The treaty settled border demarcations, established diplomatic relations, and addressed shared water rights from the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers. Secret negotiations between King Hussein and Israeli leaders had been ongoing for decades. Hussein and Rabin developed a genuine personal friendship. The treaty survived Rabin's assassination in 1995, King Hussein's death in 1999, and multiple Israeli-Palestinian crises, making it one of the most durable diplomatic agreements in the Middle East.
October 26, 1994
32 years ago
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