Closing the Gates to Peace with Jordan
Photo Credit: Basel Awidat/Flash90
In 1994, Yitzchak Rabin signed a peace treaty with Jordan, which failed to live up to its name.
As part of the treaty, Israel leased the areas of Naharayim and a section of Tzofar (Al-Ghamr) for 25 years, with the possibility of renewal – except that Jordan decided to not renew the lease.
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The Israeli farmers who worked the land left for the last time, and the IDF locked the gates to the Isle of Peace at Naharayim.
החזרת צופר ונהריים לירדן: בפעם האחרונה, חיילי צה”ל סגרו את השער לאי השלום@rubih67 pic.twitter.com/8adOtFIJNP
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) November 9, 2019
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