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Israel's Secret Peace Envoy

BBC World Service - Witness History, Israel's Secret Peace Envoy

In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan

In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin was the first Israeli leader to visit Jordan. But in fact talks had been going on for years. Ephraim Halevy of Mossad was Israel's secret peace envoy

In August 1994 Yitzhak Rabin became the first Israeli leader publicly to visit Jordan. But in fact talks had been going on for years. Former head of Mossad, Ephraim Halevy, was Israel's secret peace envoy. He's been telling Louise Hidalgo about Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan's clandestine meetings during the often fraught road to peace.

Picture; US president Bill Clinton looks on as King Hussein and prime minister Yitzhak Rabin shake hands on the White House lawn in July 1994 ahead of a formal peace treaty between Israel and Jordan later that year. (Credit: Mark Reinstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

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