Jordan–Palestine relations

Jordan–Palestine relations

Jordan
Palestine
Diplomatic Mission
Jordan Liaison Office in Palestine, Ramallah Embassy of the State of Palestine, Amman

Jordan–Palestine relations are the strong, historical, and bilateral relations between the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the State of Palestine.

Jordan has an office in Ramallah, while Palestine has an embassy in Amman. They are both members of the Arab League, OIC, and Union for the Mediterranean.

History

1949–1967

Jordan annexed the West Bank in 24 April 1950, after the 1949 armistice agreements. In 1951, King Abdullah I was assassinated by a Palestinian from the Husayni clan. After the annexation, all Palestinians in the West Bank became Jordanian citizens.[1] In the Jordanian parliament, there were 30 seats for both the West and East banks, roughly making equal populations. Palestinians in the West Bank did not face discrimination and were given equal rights as the Jordanians of the East Bank.[2]

1967–1988

After the Six-Day War, Jordan lost control of the West Bank by Israel. However, the West Bank Palestinians did not lose their citizenship yet neither did they lose their parliament seats until 1988. About 300,000 Palestinians fled to Jordan. In 1970, a conflict broke out between the Jordanian Armed Forces led by King Hussein and the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Yasser Arafat. This conflict was known as Black September. After the war ended, this led to Jordan's expulsion of the PLO. Palestinians in the West Bank would remain with Jordanian citizenship until 1988, when Jordan renounced all claims of the West Bank in 31 July 1988. Jordan later recognized the PLO as "the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people."[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jordan, a country known to have received the biggest flow of Palestinian refugees since 1948 and considered to host 41 perc..." (PDF). Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. ↑ Butenschøn, Nils August; Davis, Uri; Hassassian, Manuel Sarkis (17 August 2018). "Citizenship and the State in the Middle East: Approaches and Applications". Syracuse University Press – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Husain, A. M. (2003-01-01). "Who is the Legitimate Representative of the Palestinian People?". Chinese Journal of International Law. 2 (1): 207–225. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.cjilaw.a000468. ISSN 1540-1650.
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