Lion of Jordan (125 page)

on West Bank
256
,
300
–301

and direct contact with Hussein
257
,
278
–9,
287
,
297

Eshkol, Miriam
225

Eveland, Wilbur Crane, CIA
144
–6

Eytan, Walter, Israeli ambassador to France
221

Fahd, King of Saudi Arabia
402
,
403
,
425

and Iran-Iraq war
413

and Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
479
,
481

Fahmy, Ismail, Egyptian foreign minister
372

Faisal bin Hussein (d.1933)
3
,
4
,
6
,
23

as king of Syria
10
,
11

as king of Iraq
14
,
19

Faisal bin Hussein, Prince
183
,
587

Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, King of Saudi Arabia
164
,
188

and Nasser
267
,
268

and Gaddafy
310

and October War
366

Faisal II, King of Iraq (and cousin)
54
,
59
,
79
,
92
,
155

and Arab Union
156

warned by Hussein of plot against him
158

murder of
160
,
165
–6

Fatah faction (PLO)
94
–5,
312

guerrilla operations
219
–20,
232
,
274
–5

attempts to contain
222

and Samu' incident
223

Israeli attacks on
276
–7,
282

plan to expel to Syria
307
–8

fighters in Amman
317
,
335
–6

call for general strike
323
,
335

and Black September commandos
339

reaction to United Arab Kingdom plan
344

plot to assassinate Hussein
383

Fawzi, Dr Mahmud, Egyptian foreign minister
104

al-Fayez, Akif
141
,
172

fedayeen
terrorists
108

Hussein's policy towards
276
–7

Israeli warnings on
286

border war with Israel
303
–4

civil war with
311
-40

growing power and arrogance of
311
,
312
–13

attacks on army bases
315
–16

renewed attacks in Jordan
321

in Irbid
323
–4,
338

in Ajlun
336
,
339

controls on
337
–8

expelled to Syria
339

First Arab-Israeli War (1947–9)
25
–32

first phase
25
–6

second phase
27

armistice (1949)
32

France

interests in Middle East
5
,
10
–11,
20

and Suez
115
–17

Free Jordanian Officers movement
62
,
63

and dismissal of Glubb
99
,
100

and Zarqa Affair
129
,
139

Friedman, Thomas,
New York Times
563

Gaddafy, Colonel Muamar
310
,
335

Gardiner, Toni (Antoinette)
see
Muna, Princess

Gardiner, Lieutenant-Colonel Walker
180

Garment, Len
428

Gaza Strip
31
,
257
,
295
,
357

fedayeen
terrorists from
108

Jabaliyah refugee camp
453

declaration of independence
467

violence over Al-Aqsa Mosque
562

see also
Occupied Territories
;
West Bank

Gazit, Mordechai
361
,
364
,
376
–8

Gemayel, Bashir, Lebanese president, assassination
419

Geneva Peace Conference
371
–3,
395
–6

Geyelin, Philip, journalist
147

Ghazi, king of Iraq (1933–9)
41
–2,
155

Gil, Avi
528

Glubb, General John Bagot (‘Glubb Pasha')
40
–41,
83
,
88

and succession to Abdullah
49
–50,
52

and succession of Hussein
56

as adviser to Hussein
61
,
97
–8,
148

control of Arab Legion
62
–3,
80
,
100
–101,
148

and Palestinian infiltrations into Israel
69
,
71
,
107

and raid on Qibya
71
,
73

suppression of riots (January 1956)
86
,
88
–9

dismissal
97
–105

farewell gift from Hussein
101
–2

US role in dismissal
145
–6,
149

Golan Heights

Jewish settlements
257

Syrian aims to liberate
360

Syrian offensive
365

Arab disarray (October War)
367
–8

extension of Israeli law to
413

Gold, Dore, aide to Netanyahu
562
,
568

Goldberg, Arthur, US representative at UN
269

Gorbachev, Mikhail, summit with Reagan
444
,
450
–51

Great Britain

and Hashemites
2
,
14

and Arab Revolt
4
–7

Balfour Declaration
8

independence for Transjordan
14
,
17
,
20

and Baghdad Pact
80
,
82
–4

and Israel
163
,
193

and Jordan
117
,
161
–2,
169
,
176
–7,
179
; aid to armed forces
80
,
103
,
353
; Anglo-Jordanian treaty
80
,
83
,
103
,
123
–4,
127
; reaction to dismissal of Glubb
102
–4; willingness to relinquish control to USA
123
; pessimistic view of viability
329
,
352

Sykes–Picot Agreement (1916)
7
–8,
9

mandates over Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan
10
,
24

power in Middle East
16
–17

and Palestine
21
–2,
25
–6

and Suez
114
–21

opposition to Hussein's marriage to Muna
181
–2

and June War
248
–9

view of Jordanian–Israeli peace negotiations
266

and Jordanian civil war
328
–9

Greater Israel, Likud policy of
393
,
448

Greater Jerusalem, extension of Israeli law to
258

Greater Syria
10
,
11

Abdullah's ambitions for
19
–21

Gromyko, Andrei, Soviet foreign minister
269
,
426

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
469

Gulf States

and Iranian Revolution
410

Hussein's criticism of
520

Gulf War
498
–506,
614

invasion of Kuwait
478
–84,
492
–3,
494
–5

Operation Desert Shield
482
–3,
493
–4

Operation Desert Storm
493
,
502
–4

cost to Jordan
507
–8

Habaniyya, Iraq, meeting in (January 1956)
89

Habash, Dr George, leader of PFLP
312
,
321
,
338

Haber, Eitan
525

Habib, Philip, US envoy
417

Habib, Randa, journalist
553
,
592

Haddad, Major Saad
415

Haddadin, Dr Munther
540
,
541

Haditha, Manshoor, army chief of staff
317
–18,
324

Hadow, Michael, British ambassador to Israel
248

Halabja, gassing of Kurds at
488

Halaby, Lisa
see
Noor Al Hussein

Halaby, Najeeb
407

Halevy, Efraim, deputy-director of Mossad
441
,
448
,
516

on agreement in Gulf War
490
–92,
497
–8

and Oslo Accords
522
–3,
525

and Jordanian–Israeli peace negotiations
528
,
537
,
539

friendship with Hussein
533
,
573

and Netanyahu
562
–3

and Mishal affair
573
–4

as head of Mossad
579
,
580

Hamarneh, Mustafa, on Oslo Accord
522

Hamas

founding of
466

suicide bombers
556
,
570
,
571

offer of truce
571
,
576

Hammarskjold, Dag, UN secretary-general
169
,
170

Hamzah, Prince
408
,
587

and Hussein's last illness
582
,
602
–3,
606
–7

appointment as Crown Prince
607

Harkabi, Yehoshafat, Israeli military intelligence
72

Harrison, Roger, US ambassador to Amman
489

Hashem, Ibrahim

on regency council (1951)
50

as prime minister
86
,
107
,
141

murdered in Baghdad
166

Hashemite family
1
–2,
3
,
14

and Arab delegation at Versailles
6

respect for Jews
9
,
23
,
48
–9,
502

Arab view of
75
–6

Hussein's obligation to dynasty
124
–5,
151
–2,
156
,
175
,
251
,
386
,
609

Hashim, Prince
408
,
587
–8

Hashimiyya Palace
541
–2

Hassan
II
, King of Morocco
492

Hassan, Prince
120
,
465

Hussein and
19
,
60
,
485
–6,
518
–19

on Talal
55
–6

appointed Crown Prince (1965)
184
,
586

on June War
249

and United Arab Kingdom plan
342

as Hussein's closest adviser
353
–5,
518
–19,
584

and Kissinger
374

views on West Bank
386

meeting with Allon
389

and Iranian Revolution
410

campaign against corruption
473
–4,
585

and economic policy
473
,
507
–8

and bread riots
474
–5

and peace negotiations with Israel
513
,
516
,
525
,
526
–7,
541

on Rabin
527
–8

and Halevy
533
,
574
,
580

and treaty negotiations
540

Syrian plot against
554
–5

as regent
581
,
583
–4

and Hussein's illness
584
,
592
–3,
596

relations with Queen Noor
584

as facilitator in Israeli-Palestinian final status talks
588

meeting in London (1999)
596
–8

and succession to Hussein
588
,
593
,
594
–5,
600
–601,
603

Hussein's letter to
604
–6

Hawatmeh, Nayef, leader of PDFLP
312
,
321
,
338

Haya, Princess
391

Heath, Edward, British prime minister
328
,
367

Hebron, mayor of
344

Hebron Protocol (1997)
565
–6

Heikal, Mohamed, friend of Nasser
104

Henniker-Major, John, British ambassador to Jordan
179
,
181
–2

Herbert, Dr Emanuel
193

and contact with Yaacov Herzog
192
–6,
197
,
199
,
212
,
259
,
270

and Sharif Nasser
193
,
194

reaction to Samu' raid
227

use of house for meetings
279
,
292
,
298
,
301
,
393

Herzog, General Chaim
177
,
198
,
368

Herzog, Yaacov
196
–7

first meeting with Hussein
197
–200

plan for Middle East
198
–9

second meeting with Hussein
207
–9

third meeting
212
–15,
217
–18

fourth meeting with Hussein (after June War)
217
–18,
259
–64

and reaction to Samu' raid
227

proponent of Greater Israel
260
,
263