Rabin and Prime Minister Abdul-Salam al-Majali of…

Rabin and Prime Minister Abdul-Salam al-Majali of Jordan sign a comprehensive peace treaty at Arava on the Israeli-Jordanian border, with U.S. President Bill Clinton in attendance, in October, after a series of secret meetings between Rabin and King Hussein.

Hussein is recognized as the custodian of the Muslim holy sites in East Jerusalem.

Many other Arab states, including the smaller Persian Gulf emirates, begin to discard the old taboos about contact with the Jewish state.

In October also, Farouk al-Sharaa, Syria's Foreign Minister, gives the first interview ever granted by a Syrian official to Israeli Television.