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On This Day: Israel, Jordan sign 1994 peace treaty, ending forty-six years of war

Following Egypt in 1979, Jordan was the second Arab country in the Middle East to sign a peace treaty with Israel.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.
Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

King Abdullah's silence: Quiet consumes growing radicalization in Jordan - editorial

King Hussein understood that preserving peace required a proactive approach rather than passive silence when that peace was threatened - his son must learn the same.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Demonstrators take part in a march in support of Palestinians in Gaza and to salute the slain Jordanian who shot and killed three Israeli civilians, according to the Israeli authorities, at the Allenby Bridge border crossing in the West Bank, in Amman, Jordan September 8, 2024.

Helping Jordan fend off its own threats is vital to Israel's interests and safety - editorial

Israel’s ties with Jordan have always been fraught with a chilly veneer, and the war in Gaza has only exacerbated the relationship.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Yitzhak Rabin and Jordan’s King Hussein shake hands, as then-US president Bill Clinton applauds, at the peace treaty signing ceremony at the border between the two countries, in 1994.

Israel and Jordan: A troubled peace - opinion

Despite the early optimism, Israel-Jordan relations deteriorated into a cold peace and now are seemingly condemned to the back burner.

|ByMARK REGEV

Jordan terminating peace treaty annexes start of a process, not the end

Just as the peace treaty stipulates that one side can announce that it wants to opt out of the annexes, the agreement also stipulated that when it does so, the two countries will open consultations.

OCTOBER 21, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 25, 2018

Four security personnel killed in Jordan shoot-out

King says Jordan will strike hard at Islamist radicals.

AUGUST 13, 2018ByREUTERS
Jordan's King Abdullah speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

New CIA documents show Jordan's King Hussein had lovechild with American Jewish actress

In a bizarre twist, the woman was later beaten to death by their disabled son.

JANUARY 12, 2018ByDANIEL J. ROTH
Jordan's King Hussein reviews Beduin guards of honor in 1992