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In 1948, Jordan fought with the newly born state of Israel over lands of former Mandatory Palestine, effectively gaining control of the West Bank and annexing it with its Palestinian population. Jordan lost the West Bank in the 1967 War with Israel, and since became the central base of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in its struggle ...
1948 in Jordan. 3 languages ... Other events of 1948; Timeline of Jordanian history; The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Hashemite Kingdom of ...
The Jordanian administration of the West Bank officially began on 24 April 1950, and ended with the decision to sever ties on 31 July 1988. The period started during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, when Jordan occupied and subsequently annexed the portion of Mandatory Palestine that became known as the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
In October 1948, King Abdullah took steps to further the annexation of territories in Palestine that Arab forces had captured in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The first step was a congress in Amman initiated by the Transjordanian government in which the delegates called for a wider Palestinian congress to declare Palestinian unity and acknowledge King Abdullah as King of Palestine.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 1948 Arab–Israeli War Part of the 1948 Palestine war and the Arab–Israeli conflict From top to bottom, left to right: John Bagot Glubb, commander of the Jordanian Arab Legion with soldiers in Ramallah Jewish soldiers raising the Israeli flag at the end of the war Israeli soldier with ...
Jordan and allies Opponents Result Monarch Jordanian losses; First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Yemen Holy War Army ALA Israel: Partial victory [1] (overall Arab defeat) Tactical and strategic Arab failure; 1949 Armistice Agreements; Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
Jordan assumed administrative control of the West Bank in 1950 and Egypt would hold Gaza, an arrangement that would last until the Six-Day War of 1967, when Israeli forces conquered those territories.
For the 19 years from the end of the Mandate until the Six-Day War, Jordan controlled the West Bank and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip. In 1950, Jordan annexed the West Bank, but this annexation was recognized only by the United Kingdom. Both territories were conquered (but not annexed) from Jordan and Egypt by Israel in the Six-Day War.