Diplomacy on the Jordan

I - Plans for the Jordan River Basin.- 1. Geography.- 2. Historical Developments.- 3. Western Missions to Palestine.- 4. Early Zionist Missions.- 5. The British Mandate Period.- 6. End of the Mandate- Creation of Israel.- 7. Conflicting Water Plans.- 8. Unilateral Implementation of the Plans.- 9. Involvement of the United States.- II - Resorting to Diplomacy.- 1. The Chas T Main/ TVA Plan.- 2. The Johnston Shuttle Diplomacy.- 3. The Arab Counterproposals- The Arab Plan (1954).- 4. The Israeli Counterproposals — The Cotton Plan (1954).- III - Attempts at Reconciliation — The Johnston’s Shuttle.- 1. Negotiating with the Arab Side- Second Round.- 2. Negotiating with the Israelis-Second Round.- 3. American Evaluation of the Second Round.- 4. Johnston’s Third Round.- 5. Johnston’s Fourth Round.- IV - Preventive Diplomacy.- 1. The Arm’s Race.- 2. The Lahoud Plan for the Jordan Basin.- 3. The East Ghor Canal Project.- 4. The Suez Crisis and its Aftermath.- 5. Launching the Pilot Scheme in the Jordan Valley.- 6. Israeli Response to the Yarmouk Diversion Project.- 7. Israeli - American Differences.- 8. Contacts with the World Bank.- 9. Criddle’s Follow Up Mission- Relaxation of U.S Pressure.- 10. Water in Arab Political Rivalries.- 11. The Adasiyya Diversion Weir.- 12. Summary of Jordan Waters’ Problem.- V - Spinning Out of Control.- 1. The Arab Response to the Israeli Project.- 2. The Arab Cold War Heats Up.- 3. Arab Efforts Resurrected- The Arab Summit.- 4. Appraisals and Reactions.- 5. The Second Arab Summit.- 6. U.S. Interventions with Israel.- 7. Clashes across the Cease Fire Lines.- 8. Arab Disarray Prior to the June Explosion.- 9. The June 1967 Explosion.- VI - Water for the Jordan Valley.- 1. The Aftermath of the 1967 War.- 2. Rehabilitation andDevelopment of the Jordan Valley.- 3. Water Supply From the Yarmouk.- 4. The Ramadan/ Yom Kippur War of 1973.- 5. Resumption of the Development Effort.- 6. Water Contribution From the Yarmouk and Side Wadis.- 7. The Maqarin Dam.- 8. Reverting to Shuttle Diplomacy.- 9. A Source for Municipal Water.- 10. A Mission to Damascus.- 11. Habib’s Last Visit.- VII - The Sand Bar.- 1. Importance of the Yarmouk.- 2. Contacts to Clean the Sand Bar.- 3. The First Cleaning Operation.- 4. A Call After Midnight.- 5. The Pleasant Surprise.- 6. The Israeli Reaction.- 7. Off- Canal Storage Found.- 8. The Picnic Table.- 9. A Daring Operation on the Yarmouk.- 10. A Scary Presentation.- 11. American Interest and Follow-Up.- 12. Removal of the Sand Bar.- 13. The Maqarin Project Revived.- VIII - The Middle East Peace Process.- 1. Back to Shuttle Diplomacy.- 2. Jordan Gets Ready.- 3. The Bilateral Negotiations Start.- 4. A Water Meeting with the Americans.- 5. Developments in the Bilateral Track.- 6. The Multilateral Conference: The Vienna Chat.- 7. Substance in the Bilaterals.- 8. The Washington Encounter.- 9. A Visit by the United States Ambassador.- IX - The Common Agenda.- 1. Need for a Breakthrough.- 2. Publication of the Draft Common Agenda.- 3. The Reaction in Jordan.- 4. Israeli Reaction.- 5. Israeli Proposal for Water Agenda.- 6. Replacement in the Delegation.- X - The Process Continues.- 1. Rejoining the Delegation.- 2. Validation of the Water Strategy.- 3. A Meeting with the Prime Minister.- 4. Resumption of the Peace Process.- 5. Water, Energy and Environment.- 6. Majali the Prime Minister.- 7. Substantive Water Talks.- 8. The Oslo Accords.- 9. The Trilateral Economic Committee.- 10. The Jordan Rift Valley.- 11. Fast Turns in Events.- 12. The Bilaterals in The Rift Valley.- 13.Water at the Moria Plaza.- 14. Terms of Reference, JRV.- 15. Involvement of the World Bank.- 16. Meetings in Beit Gibrael.- 17. The September Turn.- XI - The Peace Treaty.- 1. The Bilaterals Merge with the Trilateral.- 2. The Visit to Hashimyyah.- 3. A Review of Potential Positions.- 4. Serious Negotiations Commence.- 5. The Peace Treaty Concluded.- 6. The Middle East- North Africa Economic Summit.- 7. At the Multilateral Working Group on Water Resources.- 8. Public Campaign.- XII - The Challenge of Implementation.- 1. The Mechanism of Implementation.- 2. Resolution of Points of Contention.- 3. Stalling factors.- 4. The Ministerial Confrontation.- 5. The Diversion Weir and Lake Tiberias Storage.- 6. The Fall of Majali’s (Peace) Government.- Appendices.