On October 26, 1994, a peace treaty between Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was signed, ending the state of war that had existed between the two countries ever since the Arab-Israeli war in 1948. The agreement established diplomatic as well as economic and natural resource relations. Upon signing the agreement, Jordan became the second Arab country, after Egypt, to agree to peace with Israel.
After being elected as President of the United States, Jimmy Carter committed himself to working toward making peace agreements in the Middle East. President Carter and the U.S. Government played leading roles in creating the opportunity for the peace agreement between Egypt and Israel to occur. However, the groundwork for a lasting peace was set in motion already after the Egyptian defeat in 1967.
After the issuance of the White Paper (1939), Zionist organizations were facilitating the immigration of Jews to Palestine for those seeking refuge from Nazi Germany during World War two. This was considered illegal immigration as the British had caved to Arab pressure the wake of the war to limit what the Arabs called the 'Jew-dification' of Palestine. This caused violence to erupt between the Arabs and the Jews since, as explained, the Arabs were vehemently against Jews in Palestine. The result of this violence and conflict was the loss of many lives including those of Jews, Arabs, and most important, British citizens and soldiers. In turn, as a result of the danger posed to British troops, there was a lot of negative publicity and the mandate became increasingly unpopular in Britain.
Israelite and the subsequent Jewish history in the land formerly known as Canaan goes back thousands of years, leaving much debate on how far back an 'Abrahamic' monotheistic presence can be recorded throughout the Levant. However, for the sake of historical accuracy, in part due to concrete archaeological evidence, many begin the story of the Jewish people with the second temple era.
After the Peel Commission’s report proposed that the land of Palestine be partitioned into three separate areas: an Arab state, a Jewish state, and a neutral zone, the partitioning was accepted by the Jewish Zionists and rejected by the Palestinian Arabs, thus the British wanted to figure out what to do.The prospect of war in Europe alarmed the British government causing it to reassess its policy in Palestine. If Britain joined the war, it could not afford to deal with Arab hostility in Palestine and neighboring countries. Thus, the British government sent out another commission to investigate and examine the practicality of the partition.