[50] The accord was opposed by Israel and garnered no international support from either the United States or the Soviet Union. King Hussein believed in maintaining peace and was not in favor of war which according to him was futile. [37] It is believed that Israel had wanted to punish Jordan for its perceived support for the PLO. [25] His secret rapprochement with Israel was followed by a public rapprochement with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964, which bolstered Hussein's popularity both in Jordan and in the Arab world. [51] After reaching an agreement between Hussein and Peres on establishing an international peace conference, Shamir and the rest of the ministers in his cabinet rejected the proposal. [88] From the very start, Hussein concentrated on building an economic and industrial infrastructure to stimulate the economy and raise the standard of living. [86] The King reacted by introducing restrictions on freedom of speech, and changing the parliamentary electoral law into the one-man, one-vote system in a bid to increase representation of independent regime loyalists and tribal groups at the expense of Islamist and partisan candidates. [35] It denounced acquisition of territory by force and called on Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in the 1967 war. [89] Whereas in 1950 water, sanitation, and electricity were available to only 10% of Jordanians, at the end of his rule these had reached 99% of the population. He was awarded the Prince Saud Bin Abdullah Prize, presented to the cadet with the highest aggregate mark. [68] The Mossad operatives were released by Jordan after Israel agreed to release 23 Jordanian and 50 Palestinian prisoners including Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. [8][9] In April 2008, the Queen launched “Madrasati” (“My School”), a public-private initiative aimed at refurbishing 500 of Jordan’s public schools over a five-year period. Hussein, the crown prince, was thus proclaimed the new King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. [48] When Saddam became president of Iraq in 1979, Hussein supported Saddam's Iran–Iraq War that stretched from 1980 to 1988. By now there were Palestinians and Jordanians, and their rights, their future was at stake. [42] Unlike the unitary state that had existed between the West Bank and Jordan during Jordan's annexation of the West Bank (1950–1967), this plan envisaged two federal entities on each bank of the Jordan River.

Crown Prince to participate in Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit on Saturday. [43] The talks between Arab countries and Israel resulted in a deadlock. [56] The IMF agreement was to enable Jordan to reschedule its $6 billion debt, and obtain loans totaling $275 million over 18 months. [65] This was the first time Hussein had been in Jerusalem since the 1967 war. After graduating from Sandhurst in 2017, he made a global debut when he addressed the UN General Assembly in September. L'accord prévoit le retrait des troupes israéliennes de 13,1 % de la Cisjordanie et de replacer les territoires occupés et Jérusalem-Est sous contrôle palestinien. [89] UNICEF statistics show that between 1981 and 1991, Jordan had achieved the world's fastest annual rate of decline in infant mortality – from 70 deaths per 1,000 births in 1981 to 37 per 1,000 in 1991, a drop of over 47%. Duchess of Cambridge..

[55] Parliamentary elections were held on 8 November 1989, the first in 22 years. [61] Between 30 March and 12 August (International Youth Day), Queen Rania posted videos on YouTube in which she asked people to send her their questions about Islam and the Arab world.

[52] In a meeting in November 1988 the PLO accepted all United Nations resolutions and agreed to recognize Israel.