Jordan, the al-Aqsa intifada and America's "war on terror". From: Middle East Policy | Date: September 22, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Middle East Policy Council. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Throughout its contemporary history, Jordan has been heavily influenced by external events. The modern state itself was the result of British imperial ambitions in the Middle East. Anxious to create a land bridge between British-controlled oil fields in Iraq and the Mediterranean coast, the territory of Transjordan was created in 1921. (1) During the 1920s and 1930s, Jordanian politics continued to be profoundly affected by British colonial policies in the region. By the 1940s, politics in Jordan began to be dominated by the growing conflict between Zionism, Arab nationalism and ...

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