Jericho Conference

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The Jericho Conference was a 1948 meeting of Palestinian and Jordanian leaders in the city of Jericho that endorsed the incorporation of the West Bank into the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political conference
aimedAt legitimizing Jordanian control over the West Bank
concernsTerritory East Jerusalem
West Bank
decisionType political resolution
endorsed union of the two banks of the Jordan River under the Hashemite Crown
followedBy formal annexation of the West Bank by Jordan in 1950
hasAlternativeName Jericho Congress
Jericho Meeting
linked to: Jericho Conference
hasCountryAtTime Mandatory Palestine
hasDate 1948-12-01
hasGeopoliticalImpact change in status of the West Bank
strengthening of Jordanian role in Palestine issue
hasKeyFigure Abdullah I of Jordan
Palestinian notable leaders from the West Bank
hasLocation Jericho
hasParticipant Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan representatives
Jordanian leaders
Palestinian leaders
West Bank notables
hasRegion West Bank
hasYear 1948
isPartOf history of Jordan
history of Mandatory Palestine
history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
issuedCallTo King Abdullah I to annex Arab Palestine
languageOfProceedings Arabic
mainResolution endorsement of the incorporation of the West Bank into the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
opposedBy Arab Higher Committee
some other Arab League members
politicalContext Arab–Israeli conflict
collapse of the British Mandate for Palestine
emergence of the State of Israel
proposedBy pro-Jordanian Palestinian notables
recognizedAuthorityOf Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan over Arab Palestine
relatedTo Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
Palestinian–Jordanian relations
history of the West Bank
resultedIn call for union of Arab Palestine and Transjordan
political support for Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
supportedBy King Abdullah I of Jordan
tookPlaceAfter 1948 Arab–Israeli War armistice negotiations began
tookPlaceDuring 1948 Arab–Israeli War
tookPlaceIn December 1948

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Jordanian annexation of the West Bank legalBasis Jericho Conference resolutions
linked to: Jericho Conference
Jericho Conference hasAlternativeName Jericho Meeting
linked to: Jericho Conference