On this day, 31 years ago, July 25, 1994 (June 17, 1994 in the lunar calendar), Jordan and Israel signed a peace declaration. On the morning of July 25, 1994, the South Lawn of the White House was crowded with people, everyone waiting for an exciting moment. At 11:00, U.S. President Clinton announced with a big smile: Jordan and Israel will sign a peace declaration here! Amid warm applause, King Hussein of Jordan stepped forward quickly and held the hand of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin. Then the two leaders signed the Washington Declaration respectively. As a witness, Clinton also signed. The table they sat at can be said to be a historical witness of the Middle East peace process: on March 26, 1979, Egyptian President Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Begin sat at this table and signed the peace treaty; on September 13, 1993, Rabin and Arafat signed the historic "Palestinian-Israeli Peace Treaty" here again; on July 25, 1994, Rabin and Hussein shook hands here and made peace. Jordan and Israel have gone through a long 46 years from hostility to reconciliation. In May 1948, the first Middle East War broke out. Israel has annexed large tracts of land in the proposed Arab state, causing tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees to flood into Jordan. In May 1954, with the support of the United States, Jordan and Israel made public efforts for the first time on peace talks and agreed to share Jordan River water resources with Syria and Iraq. But the third Middle East war that began in June 1967 interrupted peace efforts, and Israel seized the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan. Jordan strongly demands that Israel withdraw its troops and return the occupied territories. In the Fourth Middle East War that broke out in October 1973, Jordan sent troops to support Syria in fighting Israel, but failed to recover its lost territory. Jordan has also always had differences with Palestine and some Arab countries. But no matter how complex contradictions there are in the Arab world, in the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli contradiction ranks first, among which the contradiction between Palestine and Israel is the most acute. Because Jordan and Palestine are brother neighbors, and 60% of Jordan's residents are Palestinians, Jordan has long been embroiled in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and is in a very difficult situation. In fact, compared with the contradictions between Palestine and Israel, Egypt and Israel, Syria and Lebanon and Israel, the contradiction between Israel and Palestine is not the most difficult contradiction in the Middle East. Jordan was the first in the Arab world to advocate negotiations with Israel. Since Hussein ascended the throne in 1953, he has had uninterrupted secret talks with Israeli leaders. In October 1992, Jordan and Israel finally reached an agreement on a draft negotiating agenda, which formed the framework for a future peace agreement in the Middle East based on United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338. On September 4, 1993, Israel initialed an agenda, taking the first step towards reaching a settlement. On September 13, Palestine and Israel reached an agreement to first implement autonomy in Jericho, Gaza, breaking the taboo that Arab countries would not make separate peace with Israel and providing Hussein with a historical opportunity to reconcile with Israel. In the process of Jordania-Israel reconciliation, the United States made positive efforts. When Hussein visited the United States in June, Clinton expressed the hope that Israel and Israel could reconcile first and hoped to hold a high-level meeting in Washington. From June 18 to 19, Jordanian-Israeli negotiators held their first "historic talks" in 46 years in the Jordanian desert near the Dead Sea on the Jordanian-Israeli border. U.S. Secretary of State Christopher visited the Middle East for the third time. The United States promised Jordan that as long as the treaty and Israel reconciled first and held talks in the United States, the United States would provide military assistance to Jordan, and would also write off Jordan's approximately US$1 billion debt to the United States. To Israel, the United States has also made corresponding economic, military and other commitments. On July 20, Israeli Foreign Minister Peres became the first Israeli leader to set foot on Jordanian soil in 46 years, and held trilateral foreign ministers 'economic talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister and visiting U.S. Secretary of State. On the 22nd, Hussein set off for the United States. On the 25th, the Jordan-Israeli summit was finally held with the attention of the world. News of Rabin and Hussein shaking hands in Washington quickly spread around the world. Arab League Secretary-General Esmat Meguid praised the Washington Declaration as an important step in resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict and a step towards a just and comprehensive peace.