The essays that make up this study provide a wide-ranging survey of the special relationship that exists between the Israelis and the Hashemite family. This relationship is shown to have far-reaching implications for Middle Eastern affairs.

1. Israel, the Hashemites and the Palestinians: The Fateful Triangle  2. The Imperialist Ties that Bind: Transjordan and the Yishuv  3. Jordan's Alliance with Israel and its Effects on Jordanian-Arab Relations  4. Is Jordan Palestine? Comparing Palestinian Perspectives in the Palestinian Authority, Israel and Jordan on Jordanian-Israeli Relations  5. The Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty: Patterns of Negotiation, Problems of Implementation  6. Israel, Jordan and the Masha'al Affair  7. Political Liberalization and Monarchical Succession in Jordan  8. "Normalization" and "Anti-Normalization" in Jordan: The Public Debate  9. Water in Israeli-Jordanian Relations: From Conflict to the Danger of Ecological Disaster  10. Changing Identities in Jordan