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Secret 1993 Peres-Hussein meeting helped pave way for Israel-Jordan peace, revealed documents show

The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation described the historic exchange as a kind of "testament for peace" by two leaders who sought to change the region.

THE LATE Shimon Peres at his desk in 1994.
An image of the front page of The Jerusalem Post on October 27, 2025.

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

 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

 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 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.

 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.

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.

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.

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.

Jordan's King Hussein reviews Beduin guards of honor in 1992