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  • Israel and Jordan turned the rift valley into a gateway of hope. Israel and Jordan

  • make peace on the middle of a minefield at the border post of Arabah Crossing.

  • The historic peace treaty ends a 46-year state of war, and Jordan joins Egypt as

  • the only Arab nation to establish relations with Israel. With US President

  • Bill Clinton as a witness, Israeli premier you Yitzhak Rabin and his

  • Jordanian counterpart Abdelsalam al-Majali signed the pact. The agreement

  • calls for the establishment of diplomatic relations, a peaceful

  • settlement to conflicts, and comprehensive cooperation. Jordan's King

  • Hussein calls it a gift to future generations. Minutes before the ceremony

  • begins, Hezbollah extremists from Lebanon bombard northern Israel, and Palestinians

  • in the occupied West Bank join a general strike called by the PLO and Hamas to

  • protest the treaty.

Israel and Jordan turned the rift valley into a gateway of hope. Israel and Jordan

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