Editing Hussein of Jordan (section)

===Six-Day War===
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[[File:King Hussein flying over Temple Mount when it was under Jordanian control.jpg|thumb|right|Hussein flying over the [[Dome of the Rock]] in [[East Jerusalem]] when the [[West Bank]] was under [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian control]], 1964]]

On 5 June 1967 the [[Six-Day War]] began after an Israeli strike wiped out [[Egyptian Air Force|Egypt's Air Force]].{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} The Egyptian army commander in Cairo transmitted to General Riad that the Israeli strike had failed, and that [[Israeli Air Force|Israel's Air Force]] was almost wiped out.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} Based on the misleading information from Cairo, Riad ordered the Jordanian army to take offensive positions and attack Israeli targets around [[Jerusalem]].{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} Jordanian [[Hawker Hunters]] made sorties but were destroyed by Israel when they went to refuel; Syria's and Iraq's air forces followed.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} Israel's air superiority on the first day of war proved decisive.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} Two Israeli jets attempted to assassinate Hussein; one was shot down by anti-aircraft artillery, and the other shot directly at Hussein's office in the royal palace.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} Hussein was not there, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] station chief in Amman [[Jack O'Connell (diplomat)|Jack O'Connell]] relayed a message threatening the Israelis, and the attempts stopped.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}} The Jordanians had prepared a war strategy, but the Egyptian commander insisted to build his strategy based on the misleading information from Egypt.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=241–245}}

By 7 June fighting led the Jordanians to withdraw from the West Bank, and Jerusalem's [[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]] and the [[Dome of the Rock]] were abandoned after desperate fighting.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} Israel blew up the bridges between the two banks to consolidate its control.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} Jordan suffered a severe setback with the loss of the West Bank, which contributed 40% to Jordan's GDP in the tourism, industrial, and agricultural sectors.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} Around 200,000 Palestinian refugees fled to Jordan, destabilizing Jordan's demographics.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} The loss of Jerusalem was critical to Jordan, and specifically for Hussein who held the [[Hashemite custodianship of Jerusalem holy sites|Hashemite custodianship of Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem]].{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} Al-Aqsa mosque is the third holiest site in Islam, believed to be where [[Muhammad]] ascended to heaven.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} By 11 June Israel had decisively won the war by capturing the West Bank from Jordan, [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]] and the [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]] from Egypt, and the [[Golan Heights]] from Syria.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}} Nasser and Hussein, recognizing their defeat, sought to work together towards a more moderate stance.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=243–255}}

On 22 November 1967 the [[United Nations Security Council]] unanimously approved [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 242|resolution 242]], which became one of Jordan's foreign policy cornerstones.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=272–274}} It denounced acquisition of territory by force and called on Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in the 1967 war.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=272–274}} Israel rejected the resolution.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=272–274}} Hussein restarted talks with Israeli representatives throughout 1968 and 1969, but the talks went nowhere{{snd}}Shlaim claims the Israelis stalled and that Hussein refused to cede any West Bank territory.{{sfn|Shlaim|2009|p=272–274}}