#TBT: Clinton Concludes Peace Between Israel And Jordan

     On October 26th, 1994, Bill Clinton became the second president (after Jimmy Carter) to help make the Middle East more stable for Israel and the United States. While the former had negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel, Clinton was able to negotiate peace between Israel and Jordan. The agreement, often referred to as, simply, the "Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty," ended the state of war that had existed between the two nations since Israel was founded in 1948. 

     It also prevented the nations from being used as military staging grounds for other nations, created mutual cooperation in tourism and trade, established diplomatic relations, settled land and water disputes, and secured the support of Jordan as one of America's permanent, stable allies in the region.

     The agreement remains in effect today. Clinton would later try to replicate his success with the 2000 Camp David Summit between Israel and Palestine in July of that year, but talks would break down with no such luck, according to President Clinton, because of Yasser Arafat's refusal to compromise.