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Sun, 2010-03-21 21:19
The battle was waged jointly by the Jordanian army and Palestinian guerrilla groups against Israeli forces which then crossed the River Jordan to chase Palestinian fighters who posed a danger to the Jewish state.
The battle’s significance stemmed from the fact that it was the first showdown between Israel and an Arab military after Israel seized the West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war.
The king’s attendance of the annual ceremony, about 20 kilometers west of Amman, coincided with a standoff between Israel and the international community, including the United States, over the continued building of Jewish settlements in Palestinian territories.
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