October 26, 1994, Israel and Jordan Sign Peace Treaty

Photo Credit: Baloons are released during the
Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty signing ceremony.

Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian King Hussein sign a peace treaty at the Wadi Araba Border Crossing between Eilat Israel and Aqaba, Jordan. The treaty is Israel’s second with a neighboring Arab state and the signing is attended by more than 4,500 guests and witnessed by President Clinton.

For decades, going back to the 1930s, Zionist/Israeli and Jordanian leaders held sporadic secret talks. Both countries saw peaceful relations with the other as inherently in their respective national interests.

The agreement settled border disputes, put in place water resource sharing protocols and agreed to cooperation in areas of trade, tourism and protection and freedom of access to religious and historical places.

Read more about the treaty at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs