On This Day in History Newsrael News Desk OCT 26, 2025
Today, October 26, 1994, Israel and Jordan Sign Peace Treaty
On October 26, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian King Hussein signed a peace treaty at the Wadi Araba border crossing between Eilat, Israel, and Aqaba, Jordan.
The treaty with Jordan is Israel’s second with a neighboring Arab state, and the signing is attended by more than 4,500 guests and witnessed by President Bill Clinton.
Going back to the 1930s, Zionist/Israeli and Jordanian leaders held sporadic secret talks.
Both countries saw peaceful relations with the other as inherently in their respective national interests.
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