A country born in a region defined by the Palestinian cause, yet gradually drawn into a complex relationship with Israel.
For decades, Jordan positioned itself as a defender of Palestinian rights and fought Israel in the wars that reshaped West Asia. But behind the rhetoric of confrontation, political realities were already pushing the kingdom toward a different path.
From secret contacts and shifting alliances to the 1994 peace treaty and today’s deep security and political ties, Jordan’s relationship with Israel has evolved through a series of difficult choices and calculated compromises.
The Kingdom of Compromise asks how and why a country that once stood on the front lines of the struggle against Israel came to accept coexistence with it, and what that transformation has meant for Jordan, the Palestinians, and the wider Arab world.