The project was called "the Peace conduit" and was proposed to be located on Jordanian territory for financial and implementation reasons.
A third of the Iraqi army was crossing Jordanian territory, ready to join the coalition against Israel.
It was led by Ariel Sharon, and carried out a number of retaliatory strikes on Jordanian territory to deter the infiltrators.
Where they stood, until the Six Day War, had been Jordanian territory.
And if Mr. Hussein sent troops toward Israel, he would have to cross several hundred miles of Jordanian territory to get here.
The peninsula, located entirely within Jordanian territory, separates the northern section of the Dead Sea from its shallow southern part.
The rocket attack, the first from Jordanian territory in 20 years, followed four infiltrations across Israel's 170-mile border with Jordan in the last six months.
With Israel's June victory, it had become a part of extended Jerusalem, miles from Jordanian territory.
And 120,000 Israelis live in what used to be Jordanian territory.
Jordan was prepared to sign a peace treaty with Israel despite Israel's occupation of part of Jordanian territory in 1967.