Word: hussein
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jordan's beleaguered King Hussein, having to contend with Israel last week proved less of a problem than dealing with the Arab world. In the wake of Israel's four-hour retaliatory raid against the Jordanian border village of Samu (TIME, Nov. 25), Hussein suddenly found himself criticized by prac tically every Arab country and buffeted at home by the seething discontent of his people, most of whom favor a much tougher line toward Israel than the moderate King has seen fit to take...
Disorder and rioting broke out in several Jordanian towns, sparked mostly by Jordan's angry Palestinian population, which comprises fully two-thirds of Jordan's 2,000,000 people. Rioters took to the streets, demanding arms for defense and attacking Hussein for refusing to counter aggression with aggression. In Hebron, they burned the car of Hussein's governor and forced the army to throw roadblocks around the town. At Nablus, they potshot at po lice from barricades and upstairs win dows. In the Arab sector of Jerusalem, thousands poured through the streets, ripping down pictures...
...they even reached the outskirts of Jerusalem, where they bombed an apartment building only a mile from the home of Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol. Sometimes they crossed over from Lebanon, sometimes from Syria, where they were actually based. But more often, they sneaked in through Jordan, where King Hussein seemed powerless to stop them. Last week, Israel finally struck back with the white-hot fury of the desert sun itself, launching its biggest, bloodiest, boldest reprisal since the Suez campaign ten years...
...side or the other, Nasser's or Feisal's. Nasser is still the name to conjure with in the streets of the Middle East, but Feisal can offer hard cash to his allies. In addition to helping the Yemeni royalists, he is supporting Jordan's King Hussein with millions of dollars for everything from road building to weapons. He is also strengthening Saudi Arabia's own defenses with purchases of some $1.5 billion in military hardware in case a fight with Nasser should ever be necessary...
...Your story about Jordan [July 8] is pathetically misinformed and sensational. The strength of Jordan is well known. In connection with the recent stupid Nasserite propaganda campaign, King Hussein did not bother to alert military units or order top intelligence operatives to cancel trips abroad. Not a single leaflet appeared in Jordanian army barracks, nor did the refugees pay any serious attention to the vicious personal attacks on the royal family. The people and the government take their own works too seriously to have time for this polemical nonsense, and the throne in Jordan has proved a symbol of unity...