Perfect Tense: Comparing Israel´s Ties with Jordan and Turkey
(WorldNews Turkey)

February 16, 2018 The strategic interests of Jordan and Israel overlap to a remarkable, multilayered fashion. Both countries have shared the unenviable position of being primary targets of Arab, Islamist, and other radicals since their respective founding in 1946 and 1948. Yet their common challenges have not obviated real and recurring divergences of interests that previously culminated in armed conflict. In their case at least, the adage that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend� did not always hold. Ultimately, however, the concurrence of state interests has won over the centrifugal forces pulling the two neighboring states apart. The signing of the peace treaty in 1994...