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Jordan Court Documents Detail Peres’s 1993 Hussein Meeting

9/9/2026

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A Jordanian court message on October 26, 1993 arranged Shimon Peres’s secret meeting with King Hussein in Amman.
Peres proposed regional economic cooperation with shared airports, seaports and roads as a peace basis.
They initialed a memorandum of understanding that night, which laid groundwork for the October 1994 treaty.
Israel and Jordan signed peace treaty in the Arava in October 1994, led by Yitzhak Rabin and Peres.

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Story summary

A Jordanian court message on October 26, 1993 arranged Shimon Peres’s secret meeting with King Hussein in Amman.
Peres proposed regional economic cooperation with shared airports, seaports and roads as a peace basis.
They initialed a memorandum of understanding that night, which laid groundwork for the October 1994 treaty.
Israel and Jordan signed peace treaty in the Arava in October 1994, led by Yitzhak Rabin and Peres.