Editing Hussein of Jordan (section)

===Yom Kippur War===
{{Main|Yom Kippur War}}
After the 1967 war, [[Gunnar Jarring]] was appointed by the UN as a [[special envoy]] for the Middle East peace process, leading the [[Jarring Mission]].<ref name="response"/> The talks between Arab countries and Israel resulted in a deadlock.<ref name="response">"[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign%20Relations/Israels%20Foreign%20Relations%20since%201947/1947-1974/28%20The%20Jarring%20initiative%20and%20the%20response-%208%20Febr The Jarring initiative and the response]," ''Israel's Foreign Relations'', Selected Documents, vols.{{nbsp}}1–2, 1947–1974. Retrieved 9 June 2005.</ref> The stalemate led to renewed fears of another war between Arab countries and Israel.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} Worried that Jordan would be dragged into another war unprepared, Hussein sent [[Zaid Al-Rifai]] to Egyptian president [[Anwar Sadat]] in December 1972 to inquire.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} Sadat informed Al-Rifai that he had been planning a limited incursion in the Sinai that would allow some political manoeuvring.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} Sadat then invited Al-Rifai and Hussein to a summit on 10 September 1973 with him and [[Hafez al-Assad]], who had become president of Syria.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} The summit ended with a restoration of ties between Jordan, Egypt, and Syria.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} Sadat disclosed to Assad and Hussein his intention to initiate military action.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}} Hussein refused Sadat's request to allow the fedayeen's return to Jordan but agreed that in case of a military operation, Jordanian troops would play a limited defensive role in assisting the Syrians in the Golan Heights.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=358–360}}[[File:King Hussein while in Mafraq 12 July, 1974.jpg|thumb|left|Hussein addressing crowds in [[Mafraq]] through his car's [[megaphone]], 12 July 1974]]

Egypt and Syria launched the [[Yom Kippur War]] against Israel in the Sinai and in the Golan Heights on 6 October 1973 without Hussein's knowledge.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–384}} Between 10 September and 6 October, Hussein secretly met with Israeli prime minister [[Golda Meir]] in [[Tel Aviv]] on 25 September. Israeli leaks of the meeting led to rumors in the Arab World that Hussein had tipped off Meir about Arab intentions.<ref name="Kumaraswamy2013">{{cite book|last=Kumaraswamy|first=P.R.|title=Revisiting the Yom Kippur War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g1TkFQgzp5cC&pg=PA14|access-date=15 July 2014|date=11 January 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1136328954|page=14}}</ref> Hussein only discussed with Meir what both already knew, that the Syrian army was on alert.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–384}} On 13 October Jordan joined the war and sent the 40th{{nbsp}}brigade to assist the Syrians in the Golan Heights.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–382}} Some see it as ironic that it was the same brigade that had been sent to deter the Syrian invasion during Black September in 1970.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–384}} Subsequent peace talks with Israel collapsed; while Jordan wanted a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, Israel preferred to retain control but with Jordanian administration.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–382}}

In the [[1974 Arab League summit]] held in Morocco on 26 October, a Fatah plot to assassinate Hussein upon his arrival was uncovered by the Moroccan authorities.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–384}} The plot did not deter Hussein from joining the summit, but at the end Jordan had to join all the Arab countries in recognizing the PLO as "the sole representative of the Palestinian people," a diplomatic defeat for Hussein.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=363–384}} The relationship between Jordan and the United States deteriorated when Jordan refused to join the [[Camp David Accords]].{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=405–411}} The Accords formed the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, and allowed the withdrawal of Israel from the Sinai.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=405–411}} In 1978 Hussein went to Baghdad for the first time since 1958; there, he met Iraqi politician [[Saddam Hussein]].{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=405–411}} When Saddam became president of Iraq in 1979, Hussein supported Saddam's [[Iran–Iraq War]] that stretched from 1980 to 1988.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=405–411}} The relationship grew as Saddam provided Jordan with subsidized oil, and Jordan allowed Iraq to use the [[Port of Aqaba]] for its exports.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=405–411}}