Israeli Operation Against Jordan

Unit 101 of Israeli forces, commanded by Ariel Sharon, attacks the village of Qibya in the West Bank, killing more than 40 Palestinian civilians.

Demonstrators across Jordan observed a three-hour strike in protest against the attack on Qibya.

Security Council Resolution 101 considers Israel's 14 October attack on Qibya to be a violation of the cease-fire provisions of Security Council Resolution 54 (1948) and inconsistent with the...

Engineers from Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon meet in Jordan to prepare a new Arab League plan for the exploitation of the Jordan River waters.

The new Nationality Law considers as a Jordan national "any person who, not being Jewish, possessed Palestinian nationality before 15 May 1948 and ordinarily resides in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...

A Covenant is signed between the Zionist Organization and the Government of Israel.

The law is part of the Israeli campaign to prevent the return of individual refugees across the cease-fire lines and to expel Palestinians who reside in Israeli-controlled territory "unlawfully."...

Egypt detains the Israeli freighter Bat Galim, en route to Haifa from Eritrea, in the Suez Canal, arresting its crew and confiscating its cargo.

Through an exchange of notes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reach an agreement on UNRWA’s diplomatic status in...

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