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Hussein of Jordan
King of Jordan (r. 1952–1999)

Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999, a 40th-generation direct descendant of the prophet Muhammad. Born in Amman, he ascended the throne at 17 after his father’s abdication. As a constitutional monarch, Hussein navigated complex challenges including the 1967 Six-Day War and the Arab–Israeli conflict, renouncing Jordan’s claim to the West Bank in 1988. He lifted martial law and restored elections in 1989, and in 1994 signed a peace treaty with Israel. Hussein was known as a regional peacemaker, surviving numerous assassination attempts, and was succeeded by his son, Abdullah II.

Early life

Hussein was born at Al-Qasr Al-Sagheer at Raghadan Palace in Amman on 14 November 1935 to Crown Prince Talal and Princess Zein al-Sharaf.23 He was the eldest among his siblings, three brothers and two sisters – Princess Asma, Prince Muhammad, Prince Hassan, Prince Muhsin, and Princess Basma.4 During one cold Ammani winter, his baby sister Princess Asma died from pneumonia, an indication of how poor his family was then – they could not afford heating in their house.5

Hussein was the namesake of his paternal great-grandfather, Hussein bin Ali (Sharif of Mecca), the leader of the 1916 Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.6 Hussein claimed to be an agnatic descendant of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah and her husband Ali, the fourth caliph, since Hussein belonged to the Hashemite family, which had ruled Mecca for over 700 years – until its 1925 conquest by the House of Saud – and has ruled Jordan since 1921.789 The Hashemites, the oldest ruling dynasty in the Muslim world, are the second-oldest-ruling dynasty in the world (after the Imperial House of Japan).10 Hussein's maternal grandmother, Widjan Hanim, was the daughter of Shakir Pasha who was the Ottoman governor of Cyprus.11

The young prince started his elementary education in Amman. He was then educated at Victoria College in Alexandria, Egypt.12 He proceeded to Harrow School in England, where he befriended his paternal second cousin Faisal II of Iraq, who was also studying there.13 Faisal was then King of Hashemite Iraq, but was under regency since he was still a minor.14

Hussein's grandfather, King Abdullah I, the founder of modern Jordan, did not see in his two sons Talal and Nayef potential for kingship, and therefore he focused his efforts on the upbringing of his grandson Hussein.15 A special relationship grew between the two. Abdullah assigned Hussein a private tutor for extra Arabic lessons,16 and Hussein acted as interpreter for his grandfather during his meetings with foreign leaders, as Abdullah understood English but could not speak it.17 On 20 July 1951, 15-year-old Prince Hussein travelled to Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers at the Masjid Al-Aqsa with his grandfather.18 A Palestinian assassin opened fire on Abdullah and his grandson, amid rumours that the King had been planning to sign a peace treaty with the newly established state of Israel.19 Abdullah died, but Hussein survived the assassination attempt and, according to witnesses, pursued the assassin.20 Hussein was also shot, but the bullet was deflected by a medal on his uniform that his grandfather had given him.21

Reign

Accession

Abdullah's eldest son, Talal, was proclaimed King of Jordan.22 Talal appointed his son Hussein as crown prince on 9 September 1951.23 After a reign lasting less than thirteen months, the Parliament forced King Talal to abdicate due to his mental state – doctors had diagnosed schizophrenia.24 In his brief reign, Talal had introduced a modern, somewhat liberal constitution in 1952 that is still in use today.25 Hussein was proclaimed king on 11 August 1952, succeeding to the throne three months before his 17th birthday.26 A telegram from Jordan was brought in to Hussein while he was staying with his mother abroad in Lausanne, Switzerland, addressed to 'His Majesty King Hussein'.27 "I did not need to open it to know that my days as a schoolboy were over," Hussein later wrote in his memoirs.28 He returned home to cheering crowds.29

A three-man regency council made up of the prime minister and heads of the Senate and the House of Representatives was appointed until he became 18 (by the Muslim calendar).30 Meanwhile, Hussein pursued further study at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.31 He was enthroned on 2 May 1953, the same day that his cousin Faisal II assumed his constitutional powers as king of Iraq.32

First years

The teenaged king inherited the throne not only of Jordan, but also of the West Bank, captured by Jordan during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and annexed in 1950.33 The country was poor in natural resources, and had a large Palestinian refugee population resulting from the war – the annexation of the West Bank had made Palestinians two-thirds of the population, outnumbering Jordanians.34 Upon assuming the throne, he appointed Fawzi Mulki as prime minister.35 Mulki's liberal policies, including freedom of the press, led to unrest as opposition groups started a propaganda campaign against the monarchy.36 Palestinian fighters (fedayeen, meaning self-sacrificers) used Jordanian-controlled territory to launch attacks against Israel, sometimes provoking heavy retaliation.37 One reprisal operation by Israel became known as the Qibya massacre; it resulted in the death of 66 civilians in the West Bank village of Qibya.38 The incident led to protests, and in 1954 Hussein dismissed Mulki amid the unrest and appointed staunch royalist Tawfik Abu Al-Huda.39 The country held parliamentary elections in October 1954, while the country's parties were not yet fully organized.40 Abu Al-Huda lasted only a year, and the government underwent reshuffling three times within the following year.41

The 1955 Baghdad Pact was a Western attempt to form a Middle Eastern alliance to counter Soviet influence and Gamal Abdel Nasser's Egypt.42 Jordan then found itself in the middle of Cold War tensions.43 Britain, Turkey, and Iraq were members of the pact, and Jordan was pressured by Britain to join.44 Nasserism (a socialist Pan-Arabist ideology) swept the Arab World in the 1950s, and the proposal to join the pact triggered large riots in the country.45 Curfews imposed by the Arab Legion did little to alleviate the situation and tensions persisted throughout 1955.46 The local unrest, periodically fueled by propaganda transmitted from Egyptian radios, was only calmed after the King appointed a new prime minister who promised not to enter the Baghdad Pact.47 Saudi Arabia found common ground with Egypt in their suspicions of the Hashemites, both in Jordan and in Iraq.48 The Saudis massed troops near Aqaba on Jordan's southern borders in January 1956, and only withdrew after the British threatened to intervene on Jordan's behalf.49 Hussein realized that the Arab nationalist trend had dominated Arab politics, and decided to start downgrading Jordan's relationship with the British.50 On 1 March 1956, Hussein asserted Jordanian independence by Arabizing the army's command: he dismissed Glubb Pasha as the commander of the Arab Legion and replaced all the senior British officers with Jordanians, thereby renaming it into the "Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army".51 He annulled the Anglo-Jordanian treaty and replaced British subsidies with Arab aid.52 Hussein's bold decisions were met with admiration at home and relations with Arab states improved.53

"A liberal experiment"

See also: Suleiman Nabulsi's cabinet

Egyptian president Nasser received an outpouring of support from the Arab public after the Egyptian–Czechoslovak arms deal was signed in September 1955,54 and his popularity in Jordan skyrocketed following the nationalization of the Suez Canal in July 1956; his actions were seen as a powerful stance against Western imperialism.55 Hussein was also supportive of the moves.56 The coinciding events in Egypt had Jordanian leftist opposition parties leaning greatly towards Nasser.57

The parliament that had been elected in 1954 was dissolved, and Hussein promised fair elections.58 The parliamentary election held on 21 October 1956 saw the National Socialist Party emerge as the largest party, winning 12 seats out of 40 in the House of Representatives.59 Hussein subsequently asked Suleiman Nabulsi, leader of the Party, to form a government, the only democratically elected government in Jordan's history.60 Hussein called this a "liberal experiment", to see how Jordanians would "react to responsibility".61 On 29 October 1956, the Suez Crisis erupted in Egypt, as Britain, France, and Israel launched a military offensive to seize control of the canal.62 Hussein was furious but Nabulsi discouraged him from intervening.63 Nabulsi's policies frequently clashed with that of King Hussein's, including on how to deal with the Eisenhower Doctrine.64 The King had requested Nabulsi, as prime minister, to crack down on the Communist Party and the media it controlled.65 Nabulsi wanted to move Jordan closer to Nasser's regime, but Hussein wanted it to stay in the Western camp.66 Disagreements between the monarchy and the leftist government culminated in March 1957 when Nabulsi provided Hussein with a list of senior officers in the military he wanted to dismiss; Hussein initially heeded the recommendations. However, Nabulsi then presented an expanded list, which Hussein refused to act upon.67 Nabulsi's government was forced to resign on 10 April.68

On 13 April, rioting broke in the Zarqa army barracks and the 21-year-old Hussein went to end the violence between royalist and Arab nationalist army units after the latter group spread rumors that the King had been assassinated.69 A 3,000-man Syrian force started moving south towards the Jordanian border in support of what they perceived as a coup attempt, but turned around after the army units showed their loyalty to the King.70 Two principal accounts emerged regarding the events at Zarqa, with the royalist version holding that the incident was an abortive coup by army chief of staff Ali Abu Nuwar against King Hussein, and the dissident version asserting that it was a staged, American-backed counter-coup by Hussein against the pan-Arabist movement in Jordan.71 In either case, Abu Nuwar and other senior Arabist officers resigned and were allowed to leave Jordan for Syria, where they incited opposition to the Jordanian monarchy.72 Hussein reacted by imposing martial law.73 Although he eventually relaxed some of these measures, namely military curfews and severe press censorship, Hussein's moves significantly curtailed the constitutional democracy that existed in Jordan in the mid-1950s.74 The alleged conspirators were sentenced to 15 years in absentia, but later on were pardoned by Hussein in 1964 as part of his reconciliation efforts with his exiled opposition, and were entrusted with senior positions in the government.75

Arab Federation between Iraq and Jordan

Main article: Arab Federation

The 1950s became known as the Arab Cold War, due to the conflict between states led by Nasserist Egypt and traditionalist kingdoms led by Saudi Arabia.76 Egypt and Syria formed the United Arab Republic (UAR) on 1 February 1958, with the Republic's presidency occupied by Nasser.77 As a counterweight, Hussein and his cousin, King Faisal II of Hashemite Iraq, established the Arab Federation on 14 February 1958 in an Amman ceremony.78 The two rival entities launched propaganda wars against each other through their radio broadcasts.79 Jordanian and Syrian forces clashed in March along the border.80 UAR-inspired conspiracies started to emerge against the Hashemite federation.81 An officer in Jordan was arrested for plotting to assassinate Hussein.82 It also emerged in Jordan that the UAR was planning to overthrow both Hashemite monarchies in July 1958.83 Jordan reacted by arresting 40 suspected army officers, and Hussein called in Iraqi army chief of staff Rafiq Aref to brief him on the exposed plot.84 Aref replied, "You look after yourselves. Iraq is a very stable country, unlike Jordan. If there are any worries it is Jordan that should be worried."85 Although Faisal and Hussein enjoyed a very close relationship, Faisal's Iraqi entourage looked down on Jordan; Hussein attributed this attitude to Iraqi crown prince 'Abd al-Ilah's influence.86

The Lebanese, pro-Western government of Camille Chamoun was also threatened to be toppled by growing UAR-supported domestic opposition groups.87 The Iraqis sent a brigade to Jordan on 13 July at Hussein's request.88 The Iraqi brigade's departure to Jordan gave the conspirators in Iraq, led by Brigadier Abd al-Karim Qasim, the opportunity to strike.89 On 14 July, an Iraqi unit stormed the royal palace in Iraq, executed all members of the Iraqi royal family, and mutilated the bodies of the crown prince and the Iraqi prime minister of the Arab Federation, Nuri Al-Said.90 Devastated, Hussein ordered a Jordanian expedition led by Sharif Nasser to reclaim the Iraqi throne,91 but it was recalled after it was 150-mile (241 km) inside Iraq.92 Hussein, worried about a similar coup in Jordan, tightened martial law.93 American troops landed in both Lebanon and Jordan as a show of support for pro-Western regimes in the region against the Nasserist tide.94 By October, the situation had calmed, and Western troops were recalled.95

Hussein went on a vacation to Switzerland on 10 November. As he was flying his own plane over Syria, it was intercepted by two Syrian jets that attempted to attack.96 Hussein outmaneuvered the Syrians and survived the assassination attempt, landing safely in Amman, where he received a hero's welcome – his popularity in Jordan skyrocketed overnight.97 Golda Meir, an Israeli politician who would later become prime minister, was reported in 1958 as saying: "We all pray three times a day for King Hussein's safety and success."98 The Israelis preferred that Hussein remain in power rather than a Nasserist regime.99 Hussein for his part held secret meetings with Israeli officials, including Meir, seeing the fate, needs, and challenges (e.g. water supply) of Jordan inextricably linked with those of Israel and therefore to be solved with the cooperation of the latter.100

In 1959, Hussein embarked on a tour to different countries to consolidate bilateral ties.101 His visit to the United States gained him many friends in Congress after he spoke openly against Soviet influence in the Middle East, returning with a $50 million aid package.102 Sadiq Al-Shar'a, an army general who accompanied Hussein to the United States, was found to have been plotting a coup against the monarchy.103 News of the arrest of the conspiring officers in Jordan coincided with Hussein's visit to the US.104 Hussein was tipped off to Al-Shar'a's involvement, but did not reveal it until they both landed back in Jordan.105 Al-Shar'a was tried and received the death penalty; Hussein reduced his sentence to life imprisonment.106 Four years later, Al-Shar'a was pardoned and appointed director of Jordan's passport office.107

Assassination attempts

Hazza' Majali was appointed by Hussein to form a government; it consisted of loyalists who had persuaded Hussein to launch an offensive against the Iraqi government to restore the Hashemite monarchy.108 The expedition was cancelled amid British opposition and the weakened state of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.109 UAR agents assassinated Prime Minister Majali with a bomb planted in his office. Twenty minutes later, another explosion went off;110 it was intended for Hussein as it was expected he would run to the scene, which he did – he was a few minutes late.111 Hussein, persuaded by Habis Majali, Hazza's cousin and the army chief of staff, prepared for a retaliation against Syria, whose intelligence service was responsible for the assassination.112 He prepared three brigades in the north, but the operation was called off after combined pressures from the Americans and the British.113 Egyptian radios denounced Hussein as the "Judas of the Arabs".114

Hussein would be subjected to several more assassination attempts.115 One involved replacing his nose drops with strong acid. Another plot was uncovered after a large number of cats were found dead in the royal palace; it emerged that the cook had been trying poisons to use against the king.116 He was later pardoned and released after Hussein received a plea from the cook's daughter.117 Assassination attempts against the king subsided after a successful coup toppled the Syrian regime on 28 September 1961 and the UAR collapsed.118 With a calmed situation in Jordan, the King issued his slogan "Let us build this country to serve this nation."119 But critics considered the slogan mere lip service, saying Hussein showed little interest in the economic situation of the country, unlike the military and foreign relations aspects.120

In January 1962 Wasfi Tal was appointed prime minister.121 The young politician who worked to bring sweeping reforms resigned after Hussein sought to solidify his position following the rise of the Nasser-supporting Ba'ath party to the governments of Iraq and Syria in two 1963 coups.122 The first direct contacts between Jordan and Israel started in early 1960s; Hussein had a Jewish doctor named Emmanuel Herbert who acted as intermediary between the two nations during Hussein's visits to London.123 In the talks, Hussein highlighted his commitment to a peaceful resolution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.124 His secret rapprochement with Israel was followed by a public rapprochement with Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1964, which bolstered Hussein's popularity both in Jordan and in the Arab world.125 Hussein received a warm welcome after visiting West Bank cities afterwards.126 The rapprochement with Nasser happened during the 1964 Arab League summit in Cairo, where the Palestine Liberation Army (PLA) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) were established, and where Jordan agreed to join the United Arab Command.127 During the summit Nasser also attempted to convince Hussein to purchase Soviet weapons, but the Americans provided Hussein with tanks and jets instead, with the understanding that they would not be used in the West Bank at Israel's request.128 The PLO identified itself as a representative of the Palestinian people, which clashed with Jordan's sovereignty claim over the West Bank.129 The PLO started to demand that the Jordanian government legalize their activities, including the setting up of Palestinian armed units to fight Israel; the requests were denied.130

Samu Incident

Main article: Samu Incident

Hussein later stated that during one of his meetings with Israeli representatives: "I told them I could not absorb a serious retaliatory raid, and they accepted the logic of this and promised there would never be one."131 The Palestinian nationalist organization Fatah started organizing cross-border attacks against Israel in January 1965, often drawing Israeli reprisals on Jordan.132 One such reprisal was the Samu Incident, an attack launched by Israel on 13 November 1966 on the Jordanian-controlled West Bank town of As-Samu after three Israeli soldiers were killed by a Fatah landmine.133 The assault inflicted heavy Arab casualties.134 Israeli writer Avi Shlaim argues that Israel's disproportionate retaliation exacted revenge on the wrong party, as Israeli leaders knew from their coordination with Hussein that he was doing everything he could to prevent such attacks.135 The incident drew fierce local criticism of Hussein amid feelings he had been betrayed by the Israelis; Hussein also suspected that Israel had changed its attitude towards Jordan and had intended to escalate matters in order to capture the West Bank.136 Yitzhak Rabin, the then Israel Defense Forces chief of staff, later admitted the disproportionate reaction by Israel, and that the operation would have been better directed at Syria, which was supporting such attacks: "We had neither political nor military reasons to arrive at a confrontation with Jordan or to humiliate Hussein."137

The events at Samu triggered large-scale anti-Hashemite protests in the West Bank for what they perceived as Hussein's incompetency for defending them against Israel: rioters attacked government offices, chanted pro-Nasser slogans, and called on Hussein to have the same fate as Nuri As-Said – the Iraqi prime minister who had been killed and mutilated in 1958 along with the Iraqi royal family.138 Jordanians believed that after this incident, Israel would march on the West Bank whether or not Jordan joined the war.139 Perception of King Hussein's efforts to come to peaceful terms with Israel led to great dissatisfaction among some Arab leaders.140 President Nasser of Egypt denounced Hussein as an "imperialist lackey".141 In a meeting with American officials, Hussein, sometimes with tears in his eyes, said: "The growing split between the East Bank and the West Bank has ruined my dreams," and, "There is near despair in the army and the army no longer has confidence in me."142 Hussein travelled to Cairo on 30 May 1967 and hastily signed an Egyptian-Jordanian mutual defense treaty, returning home to cheering crowds.143 Shlaim argues that Hussein had possessed options, but had made two mistakes: the first was in putting the Jordanian army under Egyptian command; the second was in allowing the entry of Iraqi troops into Jordan, which raised Israeli suspicions against Jordan.144 Egyptian general Abdul Munim Riad arrived in Jordan to command its army pursuant to the pact signed with Egypt.145

Six-Day War

Main article: Six-Day War

On 5 June 1967 the Six-Day War began after an Israeli strike wiped out Egypt's Air Force.146 The Egyptian army commander in Cairo transmitted to General Riad that the Israeli strike had failed, and that Israel's Air Force was almost wiped out.147 Based on the misleading information from Cairo, Riad ordered the Jordanian army to take offensive positions and attack Israeli targets around Jerusalem.148 Jordanian Hawker Hunters made sorties but were destroyed by Israel when they went to refuel; Syria's and Iraq's air forces followed.149 Israel's air superiority on the first day of war proved decisive.150 Two Israeli jets attempted to assassinate Hussein; one was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, and the other shot directly at Hussein's office in the royal palace.151 Hussein was not there, the CIA station chief in Amman Jack O'Connell relayed a message threatening the Israelis, and the attempts stopped.152 The Jordanians had prepared a war strategy, but the Egyptian commander insisted to build his strategy based on the misleading information from Egypt.153

By 7 June fighting led the Jordanians to withdraw from the West Bank, and Jerusalem's Old City and the Dome of the Rock were abandoned after desperate fighting.154 Israel blew up the bridges between the two banks to consolidate its control.155 Jordan suffered a severe setback with the loss of the West Bank, which contributed 40% to Jordan's GDP in the tourism, industrial, and agricultural sectors.156 Around 200,000 Palestinian refugees fled to Jordan, destabilizing Jordan's demographics.157 The loss of Jerusalem was critical to Jordan, and specifically for Hussein who held the Hashemite custodianship of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem.158 Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, believed to be where Muhammad ascended to heaven.159 By 11 June Israel had decisively won the war by capturing the West Bank from Jordan, Gaza and the Sinai from Egypt, and the Golan Heights from Syria.160 Nasser and Hussein, recognizing their defeat, sought to work together towards a more moderate stance.161

On 22 November 1967 the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved resolution 242, which became one of Jordan's foreign policy cornerstones.162 It denounced acquisition of territory by force and called on Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in the 1967 war.163 Israel rejected the resolution.164 Hussein restarted talks with Israeli representatives throughout 1968 and 1969, but the talks went nowhere – Shlaim claims the Israelis stalled and that Hussein refused to cede any West Bank territory.165

Black September

Main articles: Battle of Karameh, Black September, and King Hussein's federation plan

After Jordan lost control of the West Bank in 1967, Palestinian fighters known as "fedayeen", meaning self-sacrificers, moved their bases to Jordan and stepped up their attacks on Israel.166 One Israeli retaliation on a PLO camp based in Karameh, a Jordanian town along the border with the West Bank, developed into a full-scale battle.167 It is believed that Israel had wanted to punish Jordan for its perceived support for the PLO.168 After failing to capture Yasser Arafat, the PLO leader, Israeli forces withdrew or were repulsed, but not before destroying the Karameh camp169 and sustaining relatively high casualties.170

The perceived joint Jordanian-Palestinian victory in the 1968 Battle of Karameh led to an upsurge of support in the Arab World for Palestinian fighters in Jordan.171 The PLO in Jordan grew in strength, and by the beginning of 1970 the fedayeen groups started to openly call for the overthrow of the Hashemite monarchy.172 Acting as a state within a state, the fedayeen disregarded local laws and regulations, and even attempted to assassinate King Hussein twice, leading to violent confrontations between them and the Jordanian army.173 Hussein wanted to oust the fedayeen from the country, but hesitated to strike because he did not want his enemies to use it against him by equating Palestinian fighters with civilians.174 PLO actions in Jordan culminated in the Dawson's Field hijackings incident on 10 September 1970, in which the fedayeen hijacked three civilian aircraft and forced their landing in Zarqa, taking foreign nationals as hostages, and later bombing the planes in front of the international press.175 Hussein saw this as the last straw, and ordered the army to move.176

On 17 September the Jordanian army surrounded cities that had a PLO presence, including Amman and Irbid, and began shelling the fedayeen, who had established themselves in Palestinian refugee camps.177 The next day, a force from Syria with PLO markings started advancing towards Irbid, which the fedayeen declared a "liberated" city.178 On 22 September, the Syrians withdrew after the Jordanian army launched an air-ground offensive that inflicted heavy Syrian losses, and after Israeli Air Force jets flew over Syrian units in a symbolic show of support of Hussein, but did not engage.179 An agreement brokered by Egyptian president Nasser between Arafat and Hussein led to an end to the fighting on 27 September. Nasser died the following day of a heart attack.180 On 13 October Hussein signed an agreement with Arafat to regulate the fedayeen's presence,181 but the Jordanian army attacked again in January 1971.182 The fedayeen were driven out of Jordanian cities one by one until 2,000 fedayeen surrendered after being encircled in a forest near Ajloun on 17 July, marking the end of the conflict.183

Jordan allowed the fedayeen to leave for Lebanon through Syria, an event that led to the Lebanese Civil War in 1975.184 The Black September Organization was founded the same year, named after the conflict.185 The organization claimed responsibility for the assassination of Jordanian prime minister Wasfi Tal in 1971, and the highly publicized 1972 Munich massacre against Israeli athletes.186

In a speech to the Jordanian parliament on 15 March 1972, Hussein announced his "United Arab Kingdom" plan.187 Unlike the unitary state that had existed between the West Bank and Jordan during Jordan's annexation of the West Bank (1950–1967), this plan envisaged two federal entities on each bank of the Jordan River.188 According to the proposal, the two districts of the federation would be autonomous, excluding the military and the foreign and security affairs that would be determined by an Amman central government.189 But the implementation of the plan was to be conditional upon achieving a peace agreement between Israel and Jordan.190 Ultimately, Hussein's proposal was ruled out after it was vehemently rejected by Israel, the PLO, and several Arab states.191

Yom Kippur War

Main article: Yom Kippur War

After the 1967 war, Gunnar Jarring was appointed by the UN as a special envoy for the Middle East peace process, leading the Jarring Mission.192 The talks between Arab countries and Israel resulted in a deadlock.193 The stalemate led to renewed fears of another war between Arab countries and Israel.194 Worried that Jordan would be dragged into another war unprepared, Hussein sent Zaid Al-Rifai to Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in December 1972 to inquire.195 Sadat informed Al-Rifai that he had been planning a limited incursion in the Sinai that would allow some political manoeuvring.196 Sadat then invited Al-Rifai and Hussein to a summit on 10 September 1973 with him and Hafez al-Assad, who had become president of Syria.197 The summit ended with a restoration of ties between Jordan, Egypt, and Syria.198 Sadat disclosed to Assad and Hussein his intention to initiate military action.199 Hussein refused Sadat's request to allow the fedayeen's return to Jordan but agreed that in case of a military operation, Jordanian troops would play a limited defensive role in assisting the Syrians in the Golan Heights.200

Egypt and Syria launched the Yom Kippur War against Israel in the Sinai and in the Golan Heights on 6 October 1973 without Hussein's knowledge.201 Between 10 September and 6 October, Hussein secretly met with Israeli prime minister Golda Meir in Tel Aviv on 25 September. Israeli leaks of the meeting led to rumors in the Arab World that Hussein had tipped off Meir about Arab intentions.202 Hussein only discussed with Meir what both already knew, that the Syrian army was on alert.203 On 13 October Jordan joined the war and sent the 40th brigade to assist the Syrians in the Golan Heights.204 Some see it as ironic that it was the same brigade that had been sent to deter the Syrian invasion during Black September in 1970.205 Subsequent peace talks with Israel collapsed; while Jordan wanted a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Israel preferred to retain control but with Jordanian administration.206

In the 1974 Arab League summit held in Morocco on 26 October, a Fatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival was uncovered by the Moroccan authorities.207 The plot did not deter Hussein from joining the summit, but at the end Jordan had to join all the Arab countries in recognizing the PLO as "the sole representative of the Palestinian people," a diplomatic defeat for Hussein.208 The relationship between Jordan and the United States deteriorated when Jordan refused to join the Camp David Accords.209 The Accords formed the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and allowed the withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai.210 In 1978 Hussein went to Baghdad for the first time since 1958; there, he met Iraqi politician Saddam Hussein.211 When Saddam became president of Iraq in 1979, Hussein supported Saddam's Iran–Iraq War that stretched from 1980 to 1988.212 The relationship grew as Saddam provided Jordan with subsidized oil, and Jordan allowed Iraq to use the Port of Aqaba for its exports.213

Involvement in peace initiatives

When the PLO moved to Lebanon from Jordan after 1970, repeated attacks and counter-attacks occurred in southern Lebanon between the PLO and Israel.214 Two major Israeli incursions into Lebanon occurred in 1978, and the other in 1982, the latter conflict troubled Hussein as the IDF had laid siege to Beirut.215 The PLO was to be expelled from Lebanon, and Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Defense minister, suggested they be moved to Jordan where the monarchy would be toppled and Jordan would serve as an "alternative Palestinian homeland".216 Sharon boasted: "One speech by me will make King Hussein realize that the time has come to pack his bags."217 However, Arafat rejected Sharon's suggestion, and the fedayeen were transported to Tunisia under American cover.218

In 1983 American president Ronald Reagan suggested a peace plan that became known as the Reagan plan, similar to Hussein's 1972 federation plan.219 Hussein and Arafat both agreed to the plan on 1 April, but the PLO's executive office rejected it.220 A year and a half later, a renewed effort by Hussein to jump start the peace process culminated in the establishment of a Jordan–PLO accord that sought a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, an unprecedented milestone for the PLO and a Jordanian diplomatic victory.221 The accord was opposed by Israel and garnered no international support from either the United States or the Soviet Union.222 Around the same time, Hussein met Israel prime minister Shimon Peres on 19 July 1985 in the United Kingdom, where Peres assented to the accord, but later the rest of his government opposed it due to the PLO's involvement.223 Subsequent talks between the PLO and Jordan collapsed after the PLO refused to make concessions; in a speech Hussein announced that "after two long attempts, I and the government of Jordan hereby announce that we are unable to continue to coordinate politically with the PLO leadership until such time as their word becomes their bond, characterized by commitment, credibility and constancy."224

Jordan started a crackdown on the PLO by closing their offices in Amman after the Israeli minister of defense, Yitzhak Rabin, requested it from Hussein in a secret meeting.225 Jordan announced a $1.3 billion five-year development plan for the West Bank, in a bid to enhance its image in the West Bank residents at the expense of the PLO.226 Around the same time, Hussein became troubled after he heard that Israel had been selling American weapons to Iran, thereby lengthening the conflict between Iraq and Iran, both supporters of the PLO.227 The relationship between Hussein and Saddam became very close – Hussein visited Baghdad 61 times between 1980 and 1990,228 and Saddam used Hussein to relay messages to several countries, including the US and Britain.229 In June 1982, after Iran's victory seemed imminent, Hussein personally carried to Saddam sensitive photographic intelligence forwarded to him by the US.230 In return, Saddam provided incentives for Jordanian exports to Iraq, which accounted for a quarter of all Jordan's exports, valued at $212.3 million in 1989.231 Iraqi aid helped Jordan's finances; Hussein had felt it humiliating to keep asking Gulf countries for assistance.232 Hussein made a little-known attempt to heal the rift between the two Ba'ath regimes of Iraq and Syria in April 1986.233 The meeting between Hafez al-Assad and Saddam Hussein occurred at an airbase in Al-Jafr in the eastern Jordanian desert.234 The talks lasted for a day, after which no progress was made.235 Saddam was angry at Al-Assad for supporting Iran against an Arab country, Iraq,236 and Al-Assad was adamant about establishing a union between Iraq and Syria, which Saddam rejected.237

On 11 April 1987, after Yitzhak Shamir became prime minister of Israel, Hussein engaged in direct talks with Shamir's foreign minister, Peres, in London.238 After reaching an agreement between Hussein and Peres on establishing an international peace conference, Shamir and the rest of the ministers in his cabinet rejected the proposal.239 On 8 November 1987 Jordan hosted an Arab League summit; Hussein enjoyed good relations with rival Arab blocs, and he acted as conciliatory intermediate.240 He helped mobilize Arab support for Iraq against Iran, and for Jordan's peace efforts, and helped to end the decade-long Arab boycott of Egypt – a boycott that began after it unilaterally signed a peace treaty with Israel in 1979.241 Hussein described the summit as one of the best moments in his life.242

Disengagement from West Bank

Main article: Jordanian disengagement from the West Bank

On 9 December 1987 an Israeli truck driver ran over four Palestinians in a Gaza refugee camp, sparking unrest that spread to violent demonstrations in the West Bank.243 What began as an uprising to achieve Palestinian independence against the Israeli occupation turned into an upsurge of support for the PLO, which had orchestrated the uprising, and consequently diminished Jordanian influence in the West Bank.244 Jordanian policy on the West Bank had to be reconsidered following renewed fears that Israel would revive its proposal for Jordan to become an "alternative Palestinian homeland".245 US Secretary of State George P. Shultz set up a peace process that became known as the Schulz Initiative.246 It called for Jordan rather than the PLO to represent the Palestinians; however, when Schultz contacted Hussein about the plan, he reversed his position and told him it was a matter for the PLO to decide.247

The orchestrators of the Intifada were the Unified National Leadership of the Uprising, which issued its 10th communiqué on 11 March 1988, urging its followers to "intensify the mass pressure against the [Israel] occupation army and the settlers and against collaborators and personnel of the Jordanian regime."248 West Bank Palestinians deviation from the Jordanian state highlighted the need for a revision in Jordan's policy, and Jordanian nationalists began to argue that Jordan would be better off without the Palestinians and without the West Bank.249 Adnan Abu Oudeh, a Palestinian descendant who was Hussein's political advisor, Prime Minister Zaid Al-Rifai, army chief of staff Zaid ibn Shaker, Royal Court chief Marwan Kasim, and mukhabarat director Tariq Alaeddin, helped the King prepare West Bank disengagement plans.250 The Jordanian Ministry of Occupied Territories Affairs was abolished on 1 July 1988, its responsibilities taken over by the Palestinian Affairs Department.251 On 28 July Jordan terminated the West Bank development plan.252 Two days later a royal decree dissolved the House of Representatives, thereby removing West Bank representation in the Parliament.253 In a televised speech on 1 August, Hussein announced the "severing of Jordan's legal and administrative ties with the West Bank," essentially surrendering claims of sovereignty over the West Bank.254 The move revoked the Jordanian citizenship of Palestinians in the West Bank (who had obtained it since Jordan annexed the territory in 1950), but not that of Palestinians residing in Jordan.255 Nevertheless, the Hashemite custodianship over the Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem was retained.256 Israeli politicians were stunned, thinking it was a political manoeuvre so that the Palestinians could show support for Hussein, but later realized that it represented a shift in Jordan's policy after Hussein asked his West Bank supporters not to issue petitions demanding that he relent.257 In a meeting in November 1988 the PLO accepted all United Nations resolutions and agreed to recognize Israel.258

1989 riots

Main article: 1989 Jordanian protests

Jordan's disengagement from the West Bank led to a slowing of the Jordanian economy.259 The Jordanian dinar lost a third of its value in 1988, and Jordan's foreign debt reached a figure double that of its gross national product (GNP).260 Jordan introduced austerity measures to combat the economic crisis.261 On 16 April 1989 the government increased prices of gasoline, licensing fees, alcoholic beverages, and cigarettes, between 15% and 50%, in a bid to increase revenues in accordance with an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).262 The IMF agreement was to enable Jordan to reschedule its $6 billion debt, and obtain loans totaling $275 million over 18 months.263 On 18 April riots in Ma'an spread to other southern towns such as Al-Karak and Tafila, where the New York Times reported that around 4,000 people gathered in the streets and clashed with the police,264 resulting in six protesters killed and 42 injured, and two policemen killed and 47 injured.265

Despite the fact that the protests were triggered by a troubling economic situation, the crowds' demands became political.266 Protesters accused Zaid Al-Rifai's government of rampant corruption and demanded that the martial law in place since 1957 be lifted and parliamentary elections be resumed.267 The last parliamentary election had taken place in 1967, just before Jordan lost the West Bank, and when the parliament's tenure ended in 1971, no elections could be held due to the fact that the West Bank was under Israeli occupation, but the West Bank's status became irrelevant after Jordan's disengagement in 1988.268 Hussein relented to the demands by dismissing Al-Rifai, and appointed Zaid ibn Shaker to form a new government.269 In 1986 a new electoral law was passed, which allowed the reintroduction of parliamentary elections to proceed smoothly.270 The cabinet passed amendments to the electoral law that removed articles dealing with West Bank representation.271 In May 1989, just before the elections, Hussein announced his intention to appoint a 60-person royal commission to draft a reformist document named the National Charter.272 The National Charter sought to set a timetable for democratization acts.273 Although most members of the commission were regime loyalists, it included a number of opposition figures and dissidents.274 Parliamentary elections were held on 8 November 1989, the first in 22 years.275 The National Charter was drafted and ratified by parliament in 1991.276

Gulf War

Main article: Gulf War

A UN-brokered ceasefire became active in July 1988, ending the Iran-Iraq war.277 Hussein had advised Saddam after 1988 to polish his image in the West by visiting other countries, and by appearing at the United Nations for a speech, but to no avail.278 The Iraqi-Jordanian relationship developed into the Arab Cooperation Council (ACC), which also included Egypt and North Yemen, on 16 February 1989, serving as a counter to the Gulf Cooperation Council.279

Saddam's invasion of Kuwait on 2 August 1990 led six months later to international intervention to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait in what became known as the Gulf War.280 Iraq's invasion of Kuwait caught Hussein by surprise; he was the ACC chairman at that time, and a personal friend of Saddam's.281 After informing the American president George H. W. Bush of his intention to travel to Baghdad to contain the situation,282 Hussein travelled to Baghdad on 3 August for a meeting with Saddam; at the meeting, the latter announced his intention to withdraw Iraqi troops from Kuwait only if Arab governments refrained from issuing statements of condemnation, and no foreign troops were involved.283 On Hussein's way back from Baghdad, Egypt issued a condemnation of the Iraqi invasion.284 To Hussein's dismay, Egyptian president Husni Mubarak refused to reverse his position and called for Iraq's unconditional withdrawal from Kuwait.285 An Arab League summit held in Cairo issued a condemnation of Iraq with a fourteen-vote majority, despite calls by Jordan's foreign minister Marwan Al-Kasim that this move would hinder Hussein's efforts to reach a peaceful resolution.286 Both Kuwait and Saudi Arabia viewed Hussein with suspicion – they distrusted him and believed he was planning to obtain a share of Kuwait's wealth.287

On 6 August American troops arrived at the Kuwait-Saudi Arabian border, Saddam's conditions were ignored, and Hussein's role as mediator was undermined.288 Saddam then announced that his invasion had become "irreversible", and on 8 August he annexed Kuwait.289 Jordan, along with the international community, refused to recognize the Iraqi-installed regime in Kuwait.290 The United States, seeing Jordan's neutrality as siding with Saddam, cut its aid to Jordan – aid on which Jordan depended; Gulf countries soon followed.291 Hussein's position in the international community was severely affected, so severe that he privately discussed his intention to abdicate.292 Jordan's public opinion was overwhelmingly against international intervention, and against Gulf rulers who were perceived to be greedy and corrupt.293 Hussein's popularity among Jordanians reached its zenith, and anti-Western demonstrations filled the streets.294 But Western pundits viewed Hussein's actions as impulsive and emotional, claiming that he could have dampened Jordanian public support for Iraq through better leadership.295 Hussein's brother, Crown Prince Hassan, also disagreed with Hussein, but the King refused to recognize Saddam's wrongdoings.296

In late August and early September Hussein visited twelve Western and Arab capitals in an effort to promote a peaceful resolution.297 He finished his tour by flying directly to Baghdad to meet Saddam, where he warned: "Make a brave decision and withdraw your forces; if you don't, you will be forced out."298 Saddam was adamant but agreed to Hussein's request to release Western nationals who were being held as hostages.299 Threats of a war between Israel and Iraq were rising, and in December 1990 Hussein relayed a message to Saddam saying that Jordan would not tolerate any violations of its territory.300 Jordan dispatched an armored division to its borders with Iraq, and Hussein's eldest son Abdullah was in charge of a Cobra helicopter squadron.301 Jordan also concentrated its forces near its border with Israel.302 Adding to Jordan's deteriorating situation was the arrival of 400,000 Palestinian refugees from Kuwait, who had all been working there.303 By 28 February 1991 the international coalition had successfully cleared Iraqi forces from Kuwait.304

Peace with Israel

Main article: Israel–Jordan peace treaty

Jordan participated in the imposition of economic sanctions against Iraq even though the sanctions would severely affect its economy.305 The effects of the Gulf War, the sanctions on Iraq, and the flow of refugees to Jordan were estimated by a UN report to be $1.5 billion out of a gross domestic product (GDP) of $4.2 billion in 1990, and $3.6 billion out of a GDP of $4.7 billion in 1991.306 The end of the Gulf War coincided with the end of the Cold War.307 This allowed the United States to play a more active role in solving the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.308 The Bush administration were still angry at Hussein for the Gulf War events but realized they needed Jordan's participation in any peace process.309 Hussein agreed to an American request to join an international peace conference so that Jordan could start repairing its relationship with the United States and end its political isolation.310 Hussein's moves towards democratization in 1989 and his stance during the 1990 Gulf War had won him considerable popularity across Jordan's political spectrum.311 But when Hussein replaced his conservative prime minister, Mudar Badran, with liberal Palestinian Taher Al-Masri, who was in favor of peace negotiations with Israel, the Muslim Brotherhood – Jordan's main opposition group, who at that time occupied 22 out of 80 seats in the House of Representatives, and whose members and support came mostly from Palestinians in the country – vehemently rejected the new prime minister by voting against him during the vote of confidence.312 The Brotherhood also refused to participate in the National Congress where the King hoped to gather support for a peace settlement.313

Hussein was tasked by the United States with forming a joint Palestinian-Jordanian delegation to participate in the Madrid Peace Conference.314 The 28-member delegation consisted of 14 Jordanians and 14 Palestinians.315 Along with solving the Palestinian problem, Jordan sought to safeguard its interests in relation to security, the economy, water, and the environment.316 The peace conference convened on 30 October 1991, with delegations representing all parties to the conflict, the United States and the Soviet Union as co-sponsors, and the United Nations as observer.317 The conference set a framework for negotiations, and PLO representatives offered to accept a Palestinian state under a confederation with Jordan.318 At home, the Muslim Brotherhood considered Al-Masri and his government as too liberal, and the Brotherhood merged with independent Islamists and formed the Islamic Action Front (IAF), increasing its representation to 34 in the 80-member House of Representative, a force strong enough to bring down the royally appointed government with a motion of a vote of no confidence.319 Hussein then replaced Al-Masri with his conservative cousin Zaid ibn Shaker.320 Subsequent peace talks continued in Washington, D.C., stretching from December 1991 to September 1993.321

Hussein could not participate in the details of the talks, a task he handed to his brother Hassan.322 Hussein was referred to the Mayo Clinic in the United States after having urological problems; he had his left kidney removed after tests showed his ureter contained precancerous cells.323 When Hussein went back healed to Jordan, he received a hero's welcome – a third of Jordan's population filled the streets to greet him.324 On 23 November 1992 he gave an unusually aggressive speech.325 He called on extremists on both the right and left of the political spectrum to end their opposition to the peace negotiations, denounced what he saw as the Gulf countries' undemocratic nature, and called on Saddam to introduce democracy to Iraq.326 Meanwhile, Yitzhak Rabin, under the leftist Labor Party, emerged as prime minister of Israel.327 Thus, the PLO and Israeli representatives were quick to reach an agreement, which culminated in the 1993 Oslo Accords.328 The Accords were held in secrecy between Arafat and Rabin without Hussein's knowledge, completely marginalizing Jordan and the Palestinian-Jordanian delegation in Washington.329

The parliamentary elections held on 8 November 1993 were the first multi-party elections since 1956, but the proportional representation voting system was replaced by the controversial one man, one vote system.330 The latter system was introduced to limit the Islamist opposition's representation in the House of Representatives, by gerrymandering Palestinian majority areas and encouraging independents over partisan candidates.331 Consequently, the IAF's seats decreased from 34 to 21 seats out of 80.332 On 25 July 1994 Rabin and Hussein appeared at the White House and signed the Washington declaration, which announced the "end of the state of belligerency".333 Subsequent negotiations culminated in the Israel–Jordan peace treaty, signed on 26 October in a ceremony in Wadi Araba.334 The treaty was a culmination of over 58 secret meetings over 31 years between Hussein and Israeli leaders.335 The treaty recognized Jordan's role in Jerusalem's holy sites, which angered Arafat who had sought such a position.336 Jordan's relations with the United States greatly improved: $700 million worth of Jordan's debt was forgiven by the United States Congress, and Bill Clinton's administration authorized a substantial flow of aid to Jordan.337 After 1995 Hussein became increasingly critical of Saddam's rule in Iraq.338

On 4 November 1995 the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist, who aimed to undermine Rabin's peace efforts with the Palestinians.339 Due to the close relationship forged with Rabin during the negotiations of the treaty, Hussein was invited to give a speech during Rabin's funeral in Jerusalem.340 This was the first time Hussein had been in Jerusalem since the 1967 war.341 Hussein drew parallels between Rabin's assassination and his grandfather's assassination in 1951: "We are not ashamed, nor are we afraid, nor are we anything but determined to continue the legacy for which my friend fell, as did my grandfather in this city when I was with him and but a boy."342

Jordan's signing of a peace treaty with Israel, and other issues, were met with disdain by Syria's president Hafez al-Assad.343 The CIA handed the King a detailed report in December 1995 warning him of a Syrian plot to assassinate him and his brother Hassan.344 A month later, the CIA sent Hussein another report warning Jordan of Iraqi plots to attack Western targets in Jordan to undermine Jordan's security due to its support for the Iraqi opposition.345 In Israel, Shimon Peres of the leftist Labor Party and Benjamin Netanyahu of the right-wing Likud party, were competing for the post of prime minister.346 Hussein's popularity in Israel had peaked after the peace treaty was signed, and he was expected to express support for a candidate.347 Hussein initially remained neutral, but later expressed support for Netanyahu.348 Efraim Halevy, then head of the Israeli intelligence agency (Mossad), claims that Hussein had preferred Netanyahu over Peres as he had deeply mistrusted the latter.349 The Israeli general election held on 29 May 1996 witnessed Netanyahu's ascension to the prime ministry.350

Tensions with Israel

Main article: Island of Peace massacre

Hussein's support for Netanyahu soon backfired.351 Israel's actions during the 1996 Qana massacre in Southern Lebanon, the Likud government's decision to build settlements in East Jerusalem, and the events at the Temple Mount where clashes between Palestinian and Israeli police ensued after Israeli tunnel diggings around the Mount, generated an uproar of criticism for Netanyahu in the Arab World.352 On 9 March 1997 Hussein sent Netanyahu a three-page letter expressing his disappointment.353 The King lambasted Netanyahu, with the letter's opening sentence stating: "My distress is genuine and deep over the accumulating tragic actions which you have initiated at the head of the Government of Israel, making peace – the worthiest objective of my life – appear more and more like a distant elusive mirage."354

Four days later, on 13 March, a Jordanian soldier patrolling the borders between Jordan and Israel in the north near the Island of Peace, killed seven Israeli schoolgirls and wounded six others.355 The King, who was on an official visit to Spain, returned home immediately.356 He travelled to the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh to offer his condolences to the grieving families of the Israeli children killed.357 He went in front of the families, telling them that the incident was "a crime that is a shame for all of us. I feel as if I have lost a child of my own. If there is any purpose in life it will be to make sure that all the children no longer suffer the way our generation did."358 His gesture was received very warmly in Israel, and Hussein sent the families $1 million in total as compensation for the loss of life.359 The soldier was determined to be mentally unstable by a Jordanian military tribunal and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, which he served entirely.360

Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian groups in Gaza and the West Bank surfaced.361 Hussein's wife, Queen Noor, later claimed her husband was having trouble sleeping: "Everything he had worked for all his life, every relationship he had painstakingly built on trust and respect, every dream of peace and prosperity he had had for Jordan's children, was turning into a nightmare. I really did not know how much more Hussein could take."362

On 27 September 1997 eight Mossad agents entered Jordan using fake Canadian passports and attempted to assassinate Jordanian citizen Khaled Mashal, head of the Palestinian group Hamas.363 Hussein was preparing for a 30-year Hamas-Israel truce three days prior to the attempt, after Hamas had launched two attacks in Jerusalem.364 Two Mossad agents followed Mashal to his office and injected poison into his ears, but they were caught by Mashal's bodyguard.365 The two agents were then held by the Jordanian police, while the six other agents hid in the Israeli embassy.366 Furious, Hussein met with an Israeli delegate who attempted to explain the situation; the King said in a speech about the incident that he felt that somebody "had spat in his face."367 Jordanian authorities requested Netanyahu to provide an antidote to save Mashal's life, but Netanyahu refused to do so.368 Jordan then threatened to storm the Israeli embassy and capture the rest of the Mossad team, but Israel argued that it would be against the Geneva Conventions.369 Jordan replied that the Geneva Conventions "do not apply to terrorists", and a special operations team headed by Hussein's son Abdullah was put in charge of the operation.370 Hussein called American president Clinton and requested his intervention, threatening to annul the treaty if Israel did not provide the antidote.371 Clinton later managed to get Israel's approval to reveal the name of the antidote, and complained about Netanyahu: "This man is impossible!"372 Khaled Mashal recovered, but Jordan's relations with Israel deteriorated and Israeli requests to contact Hussein were rebuffed.373 The Mossad operatives were released by Jordan after Israel agreed to release 23 Jordanian and 50 Palestinian prisoners including Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.374

Mounting opposition in Jordan to the peace treaty with Israel led Hussein to put greater restrictions on freedom of speech.375 Several dissidents were imprisoned including Laith Shubeilat, a prominent Islamist. A few months into his imprisonment, the King personally gave Shubeilat, his fiercest critic, a ride home from the Swaqa prison.376 However, the crackdown led the opposition groups in Jordan to boycott the 1997 parliamentary elections.377 In 1998 Jordan refused a secret request from Netanyahu to attack Iraq using Jordanian airspace after claiming Saddam held weapons of mass destruction.378

Illness, death and funeral

Main article: Death and state funeral of Hussein of Jordan

In May 1998 Hussein, a heavy smoker, was admitted to the Mayo Clinic, but doctors were unable to diagnose his ailment.379 Hussein returned to the clinic in July after suffering severe fevers; doctors then diagnosed him with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.380 He stayed in the clinic until the end of 1998, while his brother Hassan, who had been crown prince since 1965, acted as regent.381 He was given six courses of chemotherapy for his lymph gland cancer over a five-month period.382 Hussein gained the respect of the Mayo Clinic staff for his warmth and kindness; on one occasion, a janitor cried uncontrollably after Hussein prepared a birthday party for her in his suite.383

In October 1998, Bill Clinton invited Hussein, during his stay at the clinic for chemotherapy treatment, to attend the Wye Plantation talks after a stalemate was reached between the Israeli and Palestinian delegations.384 Hussein, who looked bald and weakened, arrived and urged both Arafat and Netanyahu to overcome the obstacles.385 Encouraged by his presence, the two leaders agreed to resolve their difficulties.386 Hussein received a standing ovation at the ceremony and praise from Clinton for interrupting his treatment and coming over.387

At home, 1998 was a difficult year for Jordanians: GDP growth had slowed considerably and could not keep pace with an accelerating population growth.388 Other incidents included a government scandal involving contamination of the country's water supply.389 Samih Batikhi, the director of the General Intelligence Directorate (mukhabarat), visited Hussein during his stay at the Mayo Clinic to keep him updated.390 Batikhi discredited the King's brother Hassan, and often voiced his support for Hussein's eldest son Abdullah as successor.391 Abdullah, who was 36 years old at the time, enjoyed great support from the army.392 He was crown prince when he was born in 1962, but Hussein transferred the title to his brother Hassan in 1965 due to political uncertainty back then.393 King Hussein had changed his line of succession a total of four times: "From his brother Muhammad, to his infant son Abdullah, to his second brother Hassan, and again to his then-grown-up son Abdullah."394 On his way back to Jordan in January 1999, Hussein stopped in London.395 Doctors advised him to rest and stay in England for a few weeks, as he was still too fragile to travel.396 According to Jordanian government sources, Hussein stated that:

I need very much to feel the warmth of my people around me, there is work to be done and I will get the strength from my people to finish the business.397

Upon his arrival in Jordan, after a six-month medical absence from the country, he announced he was "completely cured".398 Hussein returned and publicly criticized his brother Hassan's management of Jordanian internal affairs. He also accused him of abusing his powers as regent and crown prince.399 On 24 January 1999, Hussein replaced Hassan with his son Abdullah as heir apparent.400 Hassan gracefully accepted the King's decision on television, and congratulated his nephew Abdullah on his designation as crown prince.401

On 25 January, the day after he proclaimed Abdullah as crown prince, Hussein returned abruptly to the United States, after experiencing fevers – a sign of recurrent lymphoma.402 On Tuesday 2 February, the king received a bone marrow transplant, which failed. It was thereupon reported that Hussein had suffered internal organ failure, and was in critical condition.403 On 4 February, and at his request, he was flown to Jordan where he arrived in a coma.404 Fighter jets from several countries flew with his plane as it passed over their territories, including the United States, Britain, and Israel.405 Hussein arrived at the King Hussein Medical Center in Amman where it was raining heavily, yet thousands flocked from all over Jordan and gathered at the main entrance.406 The crowds chanted his name, some weeping, others holding his pictures.407 At 11:43 on 7 February, Hussein was pronounced dead.408

Hussein's flag-draped coffin, accompanied by honor guard troops wearing Keffiyeh, was taken on a 90-minute procession through the streets of the capital city of Amman.409 Despite the cold and windy weather, an estimated 800,000 Jordanians came to pay their respects. Riot police were stationed along the nine-mile-long route to try to hold back the crowds who scrambled for a glimpse of the coffin.410

The UN General Assembly held an Emergency Special Session in "Tribute to the Memory of His Majesty the King of Jordan" on the same day.411 The King's funeral was held in the Raghadan Palace. The funeral was the largest gathering of foreign leaders since 1995, and it was the first time that Syrian president Hafez al-Assad was in the same room with Israeli statesmen.412 Khaled Mashal was also in the same room as the Mossad leaders who had tried to assassinate him just two years earlier.413 Four American presidents were present: Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford.414 Bill Clinton said about the funeral: "I don't think I have ever seen a greater outpouring of the world's appreciation and the world's love for a human being than I've seen today."415 Hussein was succeeded as king by his eldest son, Abdullah II.416

Legacy

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Hussein's biographer Avi Shlaim has stated that the assassination of his grandfather King Abdullah I in Jerusalem was the most formative event in his life, as he had witnessed the event personally at the age of 15.417 Two years later, the 17-year-old schoolboy would become King.418 Hussein inherited the throne to a young Kingdom, whose neighbors questioned its legitimacy, along with the Jordanian-controlled West Bank.419 From an early age he had to shoulder a heavy responsibility.420 The Kingdom had few natural resources, and a large Palestinian refugee population.421 He was able to gain his country considerable political weight on a global scale despite its limited potential.422 In 1980, an Israeli intelligence report described Hussein to be "a man trapped on a bridge burning at both ends, with crocodiles in the river beneath him."423 Hussein was able to survive through four turbulent decades of the Arab-Israel conflict and the Cold War, successfully balancing pressures from Arab nationalists, Soviet Union, Western countries and Israel.424

Hussein considered the Palestinian issue to be the overriding national security issue, even after Jordan lost the West Bank in 1967 and after it renounced claims to it in 1988.425 Initially, Hussein attempted to unite both banks of the Jordan River as one people, but with the formation of the PLO in the 1960s, it became difficult to maintain such a policy.426 He was relentless in pursuit of peace, viewing that the only way to solve the conflict was by peaceful means, excluding his decision to join the war in 1967.427 The decision cost him half his kingdom and his grandfather's legacy.428 After the war he emerged as an advocate for Palestinian statehood.429 After renouncing ties to the West Bank in 1988, he remained committed to solving the conflict.430 His 58 secret meetings held with Israeli representatives since 1963 culminated in the signing of the Israel–Jordan peace treaty in 1994, which he considered to be his "crowning achievement".431

Hussein's policy of co-opting the opposition was his most revered.432 He was the region's longest reigning leader, even though he was subject to dozens of assassination attempts and plots to overthrow him.433 He was known to pardon political opponents and dissidents, including those who had attempted to assassinate him.434 He entrusted some of them with senior posts in the government.435 On one occasion before his death, he gave his fiercest critic a ride home from prison after having ordered his release.436 He was described as being a "benign authoritarian".437

During his 46-year-reign, Hussein, who was seen as a charismatic, courageous, and humble leader, became widely known among Jordanians as the "builder king".438 He turned the Kingdom from a backwater divided polity into a reasonably stable well-governed modern state.439 By 1999, 90% of Jordanians had been born during Hussein's reign.440 From the very start, Hussein concentrated on building an economic and industrial infrastructure to stimulate the economy and raise the standard of living.441 During the 1960s, Jordan's main industries – including phosphate, potash and cement – were developed, and the very first network of highways was built throughout the kingdom.442 Social indicators reflect King Hussein's successes.443 Whereas in 1950 water, sanitation, and electricity were available to only 10% of Jordanians, at the end of his rule these had reached 99% of the population.444 In 1960 only 33% of Jordanians were literate; by 1996 this number had climbed to 85.5%.445 In 1961 the average Jordanian consumed a daily intake of 2,198 calories; by 1992 this figure had increased by 37.5% to reach 3,022 calories.446 UNICEF statistics show that between 1981 and 1991, Jordan had achieved the world's fastest annual rate of decline in infant mortality – from 70 deaths per 1,000 births in 1981 to 37 per 1,000 in 1991, a drop of over 47%.447

Hussein established the Al-Amal medical center in 1997, a clinic specializing in cancer treatment in Jordan.448 Renamed in 2002 to the King Hussein Cancer Center in honor of the late King, the center is a leading medical facility in the region, treating around 4,000 patients each year.449

Criticism

The King disliked paperwork, and had no solid view for the economy.450 He was dubbed the "fundraiser-in-chief": throughout his reign he managed to obtain foreign aid from different sources, leaving a legacy of a foreign aid-dependent Jordan.451 He obtained British aid in the early 1950s, American aid from 1957 onwards, Gulf aid in the 1960s and 1970s, Arab League and Iraqi aid in the early 1980s, and, after formalizing peace with Israel, American aid in the 1990s.452

He was also seen as too lenient toward some ministers who were alleged to be corrupt.453 After establishing peace with Israel in 1994 he faced mounting opposition to the deal, with opponents concentrating their criticism on him.454 The King reacted by introducing restrictions on freedom of speech, and changing the parliamentary electoral law into the one-man, one-vote system in a bid to increase representation of independent regime loyalists and tribal groups at the expense of Islamist and partisan candidates.455 The moves impeded Jordan's path towards democracy that had started in 1956 and resumed in 1989.456

In 1977, Bob Woodward of The Washington Post reported that King Hussein received funds from the CIA for 20 years. This money was used by the King to establish an intelligence service but was nevertheless criticized for being handled away from the government's supervision.457

Personal life

Marriages and children

King Hussein was less than seventeen years old, and unmarried, when he came to the throne of Jordan in 1952. He married four times. He had twelve acknowledged children, and one alleged illegitimate child. His wives and children were:

From an affair with the American Jewish actress Susan Cabot, Hussein allegedly had an illegitimate son, Timothy, in 1964. Susan and Timothy were supported for many years out of the Jordanian royal privy purse.475 In 1986, Timothy killed his mother. He served a prison sentence for involuntary manslaughter and died in 2003.476

Interests

Hussein was an enthusiastic ham radio operator and an Honorary Member of The Radio Society of Harrow and a life member of the American Radio Relay League.477 He was popular in the amateur radio community and insisted that fellow operators refer to him without his title.478 His call sign was JY1, which inspired the name for Jordan's first cube-sat satellite, the JY1-SAT, which was launched in 2018.479

Hussein was a trained pilot, flying both airplanes and helicopters as a hobby.480 In a 1999 interview Henry Kissinger described being flown by Hussein, saying that "...he was a daring pilot, and he would be zooming along at treetop level, and my wife, in order to be politely insistent would say, 'You know I didn't know helicopters could fly so low.' 'Oh!' said the King, 'They can fly lower!' and went below tree top level just skimming along on the ground. That really aged me rapidly."481

Hussein was also an avid fan of motorcycles.482 The cover of the paperback version of Queen Noor's book Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life features a photo of the King and Queen riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.483 The King was also a fan of race-car driving, water sports, skiing, and tennis.484

Military ranks

King Hussein I bin Talal I held the following ranks:

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Hashim(eponymous ancestor)
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Abu TalibAbdallah
Muhammad(Islamic prophet)
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Hasan(fifth caliph)
Hasan Al-Mu'thanna
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Muhammad
Abdullah
Ali
Suleiman
Hussein
Issa
Abd Al-Karim
Muta'in
Idris
Qatada(Sharif of Mecca)
Ali
Hassan(Sharif of Mecca)
Abu Numayy I(Sharif of Mecca)
Rumaythah(Sharif of Mecca)
'Ajlan(Sharif of Mecca)
Hassan(Sharif of Mecca)
Barakat I(Sharif of Mecca)
Muhammad(Sharif of Mecca)
Barakat II(Sharif of Mecca)
Abu Numayy II(Sharif of Mecca)
Hassan(Sharif of Mecca)
Abdullah(Sharif of Mecca)
Hussein
Abdullah
Muhsin
Auon, Ra'i Al-Hadala
Abdul Mu'een
Muhammad(Sharif of Mecca)
Ali
Hussein(Sharif of Mecca King of Hejaz)
Ali(King of Hejaz) Abdullah I(King of Jordan) Faisal I(King of Syria King of Iraq)Zeid(pretender to Iraq)
'Abd Al-Ilah(Regent of Iraq) Talal(King of Jordan) Ghazi(King of Iraq)Ra'ad(pretender to Iraq)
Hussein(King of Jordan) Faisal II(King of Iraq)Zeid
Abdullah II(King of Jordan)
Hussein(Crown Prince of Jordan)

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