JORDAN FOREIGN POLICY TOWARDS ISRAEL: THE SIGNATURE OF JORDAN-ISRAEL PEACE TREATY 1994
Abstract
After the establishment of Jewish home in Palestine, the relations among Israel and other Arab countries were in tension, moreover with Jordan, a country that shares land border with Israel. During the period after the announcement of independence of Israel in 1948, several Arab-Israeli Wars broke out, and Jordan involved in those wars. The relations between Jordan and Israel was getting worse during and after the wars. But then, in 1994, Jordan signed a peace agreement with Israel. The objective of this research is to analyze Jordan reasons behind the signature of Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty 1994. As the findings, this research proves that the reasons behind the signature of Jordan-Israel Peace Treaty 1994 were the devastating economic condition of Jordan and also the support that came from Jordan citizen to establish the peace and rebuild its economy.