Lion of Jordan (130 page)

and Zarqa Affair
138

and UAR
153
–4

and Iraqi revolution
169
,
170

personal attacks on Hussein
179

and Yemen revolution
188

pressure on Hussein to accept Soviet weapons
205
–6,
214

and PLO
218

‘The Big Lie' telephone conversation with Hussein
245
–6

support for Hussein
254
–5,
278
,
293

and June War
262

desire for peace settlement with Israel
266
–7,
612

and King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
267
,
268

knowledge of Hussein's contacts with Israel
278

and Hussein's six-point plan
302

‘War of Attrition'
310
,
320
–21

and conflict with fedayeen
313
,
335

death
335

and resolution of Jordanian civil war
335
,
336

see also
Egypt

National Charter (1991)
476
–7

National Congress
511

meeting in Nablus
139
–40

Hussein's address to
512

National Front (Communist) Ba'th party
112

National Guard, and border defence
109
,
220

National Socialist Party (NSP)
112
,
129
,
132
–3

Netanyahu, Binyamin, leader of Likud

meetings with Hussein
545
,
577

and 1996 elections
557
–9

effect of policies on peace process
560
–68

as prime minister
560
–63

relations with Arafat
560
,
561

and Al-Aqsa Mosque tunnel
562

and Mossad murder attempt in Amman
571
–3,
575
–6

and Hamas
576
–7

threat of war with Iraq
579
–80

and Wye Agreement (1998)
588
–90

Netanyahu, Sarah
577

Nevo, Brigadier Azriel
448

Nimr, Abd al-Halim, minister of the interior
134
–5

Nixon, Richard, US President
296
,
300
,
329

and Hussein
302
,
340

on conflict with fedayeen
318

and stalemate in Middle East
356

state visit to Israel
381

Nizamuddin, General Tawfiq, Syrian chief of staff
113

Nobel Peace Prize, Hussein nominated for (1998)
591

Noor Al Hussein Foundation
408

Noor Al Hussein, Queen (Lisa Halaby)
407
–9,
449
,
484
,
525

Leap of Faith
(autobiography)
407
,
408
–9,
582

and Hussein's health
519
,
570
,
581

and peace treaty
536
,
539
–40

and Sarah Netanyahu
577

and Hussein's last illness
582
,
589
,
595
–6,
604

and succession to Hussein
587
,
593
,
602
–3

North, Colonel Oliver
436

North Yemen, and Arab Cooperation Council
468
,
469
–70

Nuri as-Said, prime minister of Iraq
51

Nusseibeh, Dr Hazem, as foreign minister
218

Nutting, Sir Anthony, foreign office minister
80
,
103
–4

Obeidat, Ahmad
548
,
578

Occupied Territories

Jordanian option for (Israeli Labour Party)
256
–7,
285
,
394
,
465

Palestinian option
256
–7

possibility of Palestinian self-rule
257
,
418

Allon Plan
288
–90,
292
–5

demand for Israeli withdrawal
306
,
372
,
374
,
422
,
464

Jewish settlement movement
380
,
418
,
613

Palestinian uprising (1987)
453
–7

conflict linked with Gulf War
486
–7

see also
Gaza Strip
;
West Bank

O'Connell, Jack, CIA station chief in Amman
228
–31,
243
–4,
322
–3

October War (1973)
365
–70

Egyptian and Syrian plans for
359
–60

meeting of Meir and Hussein
360
–64

Golan Heights
367
–9

oil

dependence on imports
164
,
411

and Gulf War
487
–8

Oman
410
,
412

Operation Beisan
117
,
119

Operation Desert Shield
482
–3,
493
–4

Operation Desert Storm
493
,
502
–4

Operation Dunlop, dismissal of Glubb
100
–101

Operation Fortitude (1958)
162
–3

Operation Grapes of Wrath
556
–7

Oslo Accords (PLO and Israel)
520
–24,
614

Declaration of Principles
521
,
533

mutual recognition of Israel and PLO
521

and final status talks
588
–91

Oslo
II
agreement
560

Ottoman Empire
2
,
6
,
10

and Arab Revolt
3
,
4
–7

see also
Turkey

Pakistan
76

Palestine
187
,
610

and Arab Revolt
6

and Hogarth's Message (1918)
9

British mandate over
10
,
12
–13,
24

and Transjordan
21
–2

and proposed Jewish state
23
–4

UN partition plan (1947)
24
,
25
–6

loss of state
31
–2

Palestine Liberation Army (PLA)
212
,
219
,
220
,
326

Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
431

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
94
,
467
,
611

formation of
203
–4

offices in Jordan
214
,
219
,
237
,
434

containment of
218

relations with Jordanian government
218
,
219
,
232

and Samu' incident
226

objectives of
266
,
341
,
453
–4,
461

election of Yasser Arafat
301

enhanced status of
311
,
379

divisions within
312
,
431
,
467

rejection of second Rogers Plan
320

Arab recognition of
337
–8,
419
,
420
,
613

reaction to United Arab Kingdom plan
343
–4

and October War
366

Israeli refusal to deal with
381
,
383
,
428
–9,
468

excluded from talks
389
,
395
,
442

rejection of Camp David Accords
400

Iranian support for
409

banished from Lebanon to Tunisia
417
–18

excluded from Reagan Plan
418

Hussein's attempt at partnership with
422
–39,
613

and Amman Accord (1986)
424
–5

rejection of UN Resolution
242
:
424
,
432

need for inclusion in peace negotiations
428
–9,
509

Israeli air strike against (Tunis)
430

reaction to Shultz Initiative
455
–6

and Jordanian disengagement
465
–6

and Gulf War
508

and joint delegation with Jordan to Madrid
511
–12

at Madrid Conference
513
–15

and Oslo Accords with Israel
515
,
517
,
520
–24

recognition of Israel
521

agreements on self-rule
533

see also
Arafat, Yasser
;
Fatah
;
Hamas

Palestine National Council (PNC)

meeting in Amman
423

meeting in Algiers (1988)
467

Palestinian Authority
561
,
565
,
570

and Hebron Protocol
565
–6

Palestinian Council
560

Palestinian National Charter
467

Palestinian National Congress, Jerusalem (May 1964)
205

Palestinian state

in Allon Plan
288
,
337

federation proposals
341
–9,
517

PLO demand for
341
,
453
–4,
461

in United Arab Kingdom plan (federated)
341
–9

Likud opposition to
392
,
558

declaration of (1988)
467
–8

Oslo Accord provision for
558

Palestinian uprising (1987)
see
intifada

Palestinians
26
,
31

view of Jordan's conduct in First Arab-Israeli War
28
–9,
30
–32

as destabilising element in Jordan
66
,
155
,
157
,
236

infiltration into Israel (1948–56)
66
–74

refugee camps
66
,
316
,
325
,
419
,
453

anti-Israeli terrorism
67
,
415
,
429
–30,
431

and anti-government riots (1955–6)
85

hatred of Israel among
87
,
192

murder and sabotage missions (1955–6)
107
–8

international sympathy for
226
–7,
275

support for Fatah
274
–5

right to resist occupation
277

attacks on Jordanian monarchy
312

and civil war
334
–5

divisions among
342

and right to national self-determination
389
,
456
,
611

Reagan Plan for self-government
418

and Jordanian disengagement
463
–4

reaction to Al-Aqsa Mosque tunnel
562

see also
Fatah
;
fedayeen
;
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)

pan-Arabism
153
,
157

Parkes, Roderick, British ambassador to Jordan
191
–2

Parliament, Jordanian

resolutions against France and Britain
121
–2

marginalization of
150

vote of no confidence (1963)
190

parliamentary elections

October 1956:
86
,
107
,
111
–14

November 1962:
186

November 1989:
476

November 1993:
530
–31

November 1997:
578

peace process (from 1991)

initial proposals
509
–11,
614

proposed Jordan-Palestine confederation
517

Oslo Accord
520
–24

Jordanian-Israeli negotiations
524
–31

see also
Jordanian-Israeli peace treaty (1994)
;
Madrid peace conference (1991)
;
Wye Agreement

Pearson, Brigadier Tom
162

Peres, Shimon

relations with Hussein
331
,
423
,
447

as foreign minister
379
–80,
440

meetings with Hussein
381
–2,
383
,
427
–8,
430
–31,
434
,
528

as prime minister
392
,
423
,
557

on Shultz
429

and London Agreement
441
–4,
461
,
613

support for Shultz Initiative
455
,
459

and Jordanian disengagement from West Bank
461
–2,
465
–6

letter to Hussein
461
–2

and Jordanian-Israeli peace negotiations
527
,
528
,
536

and Oslo Accord
527
,
528

indiscretion
529
–30

preference for Palestinian option
554
,
556

and terrorist threats to Israel
556
–7

Operation Grapes of Wrath
556
–7

and 1996 elections
557
,
559

PFLP-General Command group
321

Philby, H. St John, British representative in

Transjordan
14

Phillips, John, British ambassador to

Jordan
311
,
354

Picot, Charles Francois George
7