| ID | 178537 |
| Title Proper | 25 years of Jordan-Israel peace-making |
| Other Title Information | from ‘warm peace’ to ‘cold peace’? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Koprulu, Nur |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of normalizing Jordanian-Israeli relations and the ‘warm’ peace-making between the two countries. Representing key partners and neighbours in the Middle East, Jordan and Israel have maintained political and economic ties since 1994. The pro-Western stance of both countries, and their common interest in maintaining regional stability, led Jordan and Israel to pursue similar foreign policy aims regarding various regional upheavals, as well as the Palestine-Israeli dispute. Jordanian-Israeli relations have, however, been caught amidst shifts in the US’s Middle East Policy under the Trump administration, which has raised questions over the status of Jerusalem and the West Bank. With respect to these developments, this article argues that the disaccord between the US/Israel and Jordan over these two places reveals that a politics of identity remains a pillar of the Kingdom’s stability and survival. Although both countries are being confronted with the same regional challenges, particularly in the wake of the war in Syria, the re-emergence of the rhetoric of ‘Jordan is Palestine’ – which poses the country as an alternative homeland for Palestinians (al-watan al-badil) – nowadays constitutes the top security concern for the Hashemite monarchy, and has the potential to undermine Jordanian-Israeli relations going forward. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 57, No.3; May 2021: p.456-468 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies Vol: 57 No 3 |
| Key Words | Israel ; Peace-Making ; Jerusalem ; Jordan ; West Bank ; al-watan al-badil |