Word: jordaning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...general reaction in Israel was one of skepticism. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, visiting in New York City, emphasized to TIME editors that Israel insists on nothing less than direct negotiations with Jordan without prior conditions, and is not convinced that Hussein will accept such a process. But, Rabin continued, if the King wanted to assemble a Jordanian- Palestinian delegation for direct talks, "it's fine with us." Rabin said he personally favored an Arab delegation that included representatives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip because it is those territories that would be directly affected. Israel's only...
Since the U.S. now believes Jordan is committed to talk directly with Israel, Shultz continued, he hoped Israel would back U.S. efforts to move in that direction. One aim is an exploratory meeting between a U.S. delegation and a joint group of Jordanians and Palestinians who are not members of the P.L.O. Shultz also listed points on which the U.S. disagrees with Hussein. Washington does not believe, for example, that the negotiations should take place at an international conference, because it does not want to see the Soviet Union involved in Middle East settlement efforts. The U.S., moreover, insists that...
...potential stumbling block lies in the concept of Palestinian "self- determination," a term generally understood to mean the establishment of an independent Palestinian entity in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel adamantly opposes such a move. Jordan's Foreign Minister Taher al Masri argued in Washington last week, however, that the Jordanian-Palestinian "confederation" that Hussein and Arafat have in mind "means that there will be no independent Palestinian state...
...cross an ocean when you can cross a river? Why should we sail to Washington when we can meet right away ten miles from here?" That was Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres' reaction last week to the latest developments in a Middle East peace initiative by Jordan's King Hussein that has found qualified acceptance in Washington. Not surprisingly, after years of Jordanian refusal to deal directly with Israel, Peres was skeptical, and so were many of his countrymen...
With the King committed to discussions with Israel, the Administration moved last week to give him some concrete support. After four years of delay, the State Department submitted for the President's approval a proposal to supply Jordan with $250 million to $300 million in economic aid. Although details of the package remain to be defined, the Administration also would like to supply Hussein with advanced Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, improved Hawk mobile antiaircraft missiles and Stinger hand-held ground-to-air missiles...