Tourism: In 1996 and 1997, some 125,000 Israeli tourists visited Jordan. The number of Jordanian tourists who visited Israel was about 50,000 per year (excluding family visits). Cooperation between travel agencies in both countries for the marketing of package travel for Israel and Jordan has intensified. The two countries also agree on cooperation with the 2000 concept and the expected flow of tourists from around the world to the Holy Land. The treaty is established in the case of a derivative of the Oslo process. When secret talks between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) broke out in 1993, King Hussein of Jordan felt betrayed. For years he had secretly met with the Israelis to transmit peace; Now he has discovered that they are secretly meeting the Palestinians and that they are entering into a deal without consulting him. The PLO, other Arabs, had not consulted the king. He was devastated.
In addition, the treaty ended the peace between the two nations, which settled land and water disputes, provided for broad cooperation in tourism and trade countries, and committed the two nations to prevent their territory from being used as the scene of military strikes by a third country. Appendix I deals with borders and sovereignty. Appendix I, point a), establishes an ”administrative border” between Jordan and the Israeli-occupied West Bank in 1967, without prejudice to the status of that territory. Israel recognizes Jordan`s sovereignty over the territory of Naharayim/Baqura (including the island of peace) and the Tzofar/Al Ghamr region. [9] Appendix II deals with water and related issues. In accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty, Jordan and Israel agreed to create a ”Common Water Committee” (Article VII). [10] Appendix III deals with crime and illicit drugs. [11] Appendix IV is about the environment. [12] Appendix V covers border crossings, passports and visas. Article 6 states that ”any contracting party has the right to refuse entry to a person in accordance with its rules.” [13] The agreed protocol of the treaty contains a number of details on the implementation of the peace treaty.
[14] The king also regarded the negotiation process as an almost more religious experience than a diplomatic solution to the passions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. He spoke movingly about the restoration of peace among the children of Abraham. He wanted a warm peace, not the cold peace between Egypt and Israel. Shimon Peres (left) with Yitzhak Rabin (centre) and King Hussein of Jordan (right) before signing the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty. ”In the past, the border was dangerous, but both sides have turned it into a border of peace and stability,” he said. The war between Jordan and Israel has ended. The most difficult problems were land and water. In the years following the 1967 war, Israel had invaded the land of Jordan south of the Dead Sea and seized 380 square kilometres of land, about as large as the Gaza Strip, but mostly deserted. On 12 October, Rabin and Hussein agreed on a compromise drawn up by Hassan and Halevy.
