Signed in 1994 by
Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian King Hussein, the treaty normalized relations and also settled on the
Jordan River as the border between the two countries. Other issues, such
Palestinian refugees (who comprise 60% of Jordan's population), were left for future negotiations between
Israel and the
Palestinian Authority. The Egyptian government welcomed the agreement, while Syria ignored it, and the Lebanese
Hezbollah militia responded by firing rockets into northern Israel on the day of the treaty's signing. An Israeli-Jordanian trade agreement followed in 1996. Over twenty years later, the peace treaty is precarious. See "
Why peace with Israel was good for Jordan," Sharif Nashashibi, Al Jazeera, Oct 26, 2014. See also "
Jordanian envoy says peace treaty imperiled by settlements," Raphael Aren, The Times of Israel, October 27, 2014. See the text of the treaty
here.