Jordanian contacts with Israel had come to…
July 1982 CE
Jordanian contacts with Israel had come to a halt in late 1977.
King Hussein has become increasingly alarmed at the growing popularity in Israel of the view that Jordan is, in fact, the Palestinian state, which, if recognized as such, would also resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Israel's invasion of Lebanon fuels fears in Amman that the first step in the process of transferring Palestinians to the East Bank is under way.