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The Battle of Karameh and Palestinian-Jordanian Dynamics Revisited
Abstract
The 1968 Battle of Karameh resulted in an Israeli defeat and an Arab victory. Both Palestinian fighters and Jordanian soldiers fought the Israeli army during the battle. This essay revisits Karameh in light of the unpublished memoir of General Mashhur Haditha and other original material. Haditha’s memoir addresses a number of issues related to Karameh and Jordanian-Palestinian relations. Haditha’s dual loyalties suggest that Jordanian and Palestinian identities and loyalties were not necessarily mutually exclusive. His work allows us to better understand the Jordanian-Palestinian relationship, particularly in the period leading up to the conflict of 1970-1971 between Palestinian fedayeen groups and the Jordanian government.
Discipline
History
Geographic Area
All Middle East
Sub Area
19th-21st Centuries