On this day: The Israel–Jordan Treaty of Peace - The Jewish Chronicle

President Bill Clinton watched as Jordan became the second Arab country to normalise relations with Israel.

The treaty, agreed 46 years after the state of Israel was declared, came 15 years after the Camp David Accords and Egypt’s recognition of the Jewish state. Also in 1994, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East".

Signed by King Hussein of Jordan and Israel’s prime minister, Yitzhak Rabin, the Israel-Jordan treaty had been several years in the making. Its conditions included the installation of diplomats in each country, trade cooperation and agreements on land control, water sources and other key disputes.

Mr Rabin told the crowd: “For nearly two generations, desolation pervaded the heart of our two peoples. King Hussein added: “G-d willing…there will be no more death, no more misery, no more suspicion, no more fear, no more uncertainty of what each day might bring.”