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Shortly before his death Holden told friends in Amman that he was going to make a detour to Jerusalem on his way to Cairo. "Haven't been there for years," he said. "I guess they consider me public enemy No. 1." Holden was joking, though it is true that Israeli officials considered him pro-Arab because of his sensitive reporting on the plight of Palestinians. Holden had also criticized Arab left-wingers for "their stupid boasts and futile gestures," and some friends believe he may have been the victim of Arab extremists...
...Geneva peace conference. The PFLP is radically Marxist in ideology and seeks to overthrow conservative Arab regimes. Active membership: about 3,500 guerrillas. Terrorist exploits: skyjackings, bombings, an occasional tour de force such as the capture of more than 80 people who were held hostage in their Amman, Jordan, hotel rooms for two days in 1970 to dramatize the Palestinian plight...
...terrorists? I might even do better than you have done." In the end, Dayan proposed a "functional partition" of the West Bank in exchange for a nonbelligerency treaty. Under such an agreement, the Israelis would maintain Jewish settlements on the West Bank and would control border security; the Amman government would have jurisdiction over the internal affairs of the Palestinian Arabs. The King was carefully noncommittal...
...home with his wife, Queen Anne-Marie, in their ten-bedroom London abode, Constantine, 37, is often in Jordan or off traveling around the world with Hussein. The two kings visited Florida's Sea World during a trip to the U.S. last May. While in Amman, where Hussein, 41, is celebrating his 25th year on the throne, they enjoyed one of their favorite royal pastimes: practicing at Hussein's private shooting range-and laying bets on the outcome. So far, they are at a draw, but Constantine is rounding into top form. During one match, he pumped...
...time Vance had finished his three-hour meeting with Jordan's King Hussein at the luxurious Hashimiyeh Palace outside Amman, he had scrapped the working group" idea. The Syrians and Jordanians had apparently convinced him that any talks this fall will be strictly bilateral. More significantly, Vance said that the U.S. now preferred the kind of Geneva Conference the Arabs have in mind. Despite major differences on the question of Israeli withdrawals and the Palestinians, the Jordanians were happy with the results of the talks, now sensing that Washington is coming around to the Arab view on both issues...