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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 429

King Hussein

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during a visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 24, 2022, 3:18 pm
Begging royal mercy: How Israel recovered from the botched Mashaal hit, 25 years ago
Efraim Halevy, who handled the crisis with Jordan after the failed Mossad attempt to kill Hamas leader, recalls tense negotiations with King Hussein, with agents’ lives on the line
By Amir Bar Shalom
Prime minister Menachem Begin (center), defense minister Ezer Weizmann (second right) and other Israeli officials return to Atarot Airport from talks in Egypt with president Anwar Sadat, 12/7/1978 (Eliyahu Hershkowitz)
November 25, 2021, 6:35 am
The dizzy rise, swift fall, and planned radical repurposing of Jerusalem Airport
When Jordan held Atarot, it built a 15-destination hub for an elite clientele. Israel wasn’t able to keep it going; then came the 2nd intifada. Now, there’s a very different vision
By David Horovitz
Jordan's Prince Hamzah bin Hussein. (Abd Alrahman Wreikat/Wikipedia)
April 4, 2021, 11:30 pm
Who is Jordan’s ex-crown prince Hamzah, accused of destabilizing kingdom?
A beloved figure at home due to his likeness to his late father, king’s half-brother is a former soldier, pilot who was educated in US, UK and stripped of royal title in 2004
By AFP
Larry King presenting his show on CNN. (CNN screenshot)
January 23, 2021, 7:13 pm
‘One of my most historic nights’: When Larry King hosted Rabin, Arafat, Hussein
Months before the Israeli PM was assassinated in 1995, the CNN star got the 3 leaders together for a joint interview. A transcript makes plain the optimism… and the friction
By ToI Staff
Jordanian protesters wave national flags and chant slogans during a demonstration near the Israeli embassy in the capital Amman on July 28, 2017, calling for shutting the embassy, expelling the ambassador, and canceling the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. (AFP Photo/Khalil Mazraawi)
October 25, 2019, 11:04 am
Colder than ever: 25 years on, Israel and Jordan ignore peace treaty anniversary
Security cooperation is in good shape, but trade is declining, diplomatic relations are frosty, and the imminent retaking of ‘Isle of Peace’ symbolizes ties under growing strain
By Raphael Ahren and Adam Rasgon
Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, in Dubai on Jan 17, 2016. (AP/Martin Dokoupil)
July 2, 2019, 4:42 pm
Jordanian princess in hiding over marital spat with Dubai ruler
Haya Bint Al Hussein apparently holed up with her children in UK, possibly seeking asylum
By ToI Staff
Susan Cabot stars in Ride Clear of Diablo, 1954. (YouTube screenshot).
January 11, 2018, 1:49 am
CIA set up King Hussein and Jewish actress, with fatal result
Declassified reports on JFK assassination help shed light on reported romance between the Jordanian monarch and Susan Cabot
By Sue Surkes
Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Ziv (R), the Israeli guard who was stabbed in the Amman embassy complex earlier this week, and Israel's ambassador to Jordan Einat Schlein (not pictured), at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 25, 2017. Haim Zach / GPO)
July 28, 2017, 3:00 am
Ex-Mossad chief: Israel embarrassed a key ally for sake of public opinion
Efraim Halevy says government emptied embassy in Jordan when it was needed most, rebukes politicians for escalating Temple Mount crisis by focusing on sovereignty rather than security
By Judah Ari Gross
June 1967: Israeli Centurion tank corps prepare for battle during the Six-Day War. (Three Lions/Getty Images via JTA)
June 6, 2017, 12:26 am
6 things you didn’t know about the Six Day War
50 years later, small anomalies that, if not forgotten, have faded into the recesses of memory
By Ron Kampeas
Yisrael Ptichi
March 17, 2017, 10:29 am
Yisrael Ptichi
When King Hussein paid a shiva call
He longs for peace 20 years after the murder of his daughter and 6 other girls, as their murderer completes his life sentence
Ariel Sharon, second from right, as commander of an armored division in the Sinai during the Six Day War (Courtesy Israel Defense Force Archive)
October 16, 2016, 11:32 am
Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, ‘helped Israel win Six Day War’
King Hassan ll sharpened Israel’s edge by providing secret recordings of Arab leadership discussions in run-up to war, says former military intelligence chief
By Sue Surkes
Almost a decade after the failed London Agreement, prime minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan meet in the Royal Palace in Amman in December 1995. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 30, 2016, 3:12 pm
Missed opportunity? The 1987 Peres-Hussein peace deal that wasn’t
Pushed by Margaret Thatcher, Shimon Peres believed the London Agreement would have averted the Intifada. Here’s what went wrong
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Jordan's King Abdullah (left), pictured with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Ramallah in November, 2011. (Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
June 4, 2016, 3:31 am
Ramallah fumes at Jordanian meddling in question of Abbas’s successor
Palestinian sources say Amman officials have met with several possible candidates to lead the Palestinians
By Avi Issacharoff
A Jordanian Air Force fighter jet flies over the village of Ai as Jordanian King Abdullah II visits to offer his condolences to the tribe of the slain Jordanian pilot, Lt. Mu'ath al-Kaseasbeh at their home village near Karak, Jordan, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (photo credit: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
February 7, 2015, 11:43 am
Jordan says pilot’s murder a ‘turning point’ in IS fight
Interior minister says Amman will ‘wipe out’ jihadists, and will pursue the group for however long it takes
By AFP
Jordan's Queen Rania holds a picture of slain Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, during a march after Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)
February 7, 2015, 2:43 am
Jordan’s king thrusts country to center of IS war
Abdullah II gears up for military confrontation with extremists following horrific burning to death of pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh
By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh
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