Jordan-Israel Tensions Threaten to Derail Water-Sharing Project
Publisher: Istituto Affari Internazionali
Author(s): Hussam Hussein
Date: 2018
Topics: Conflict Causes, Cooperation, Governance, Renewable Resources
Countries: Israel, Jordan
Relations between Jordanian and Israeli governments have deteriorated over the past months, reaching their lowest point since the 1994 peace treaty was signed. Ambassadors have been recalled, accusations exchanged and mutually beneficial trade, water and investment projects put on hold in the latest worrying signal of a breakdown in regional diplomacy in an increasingly conflictual Middle East.