Peres presidency could kick-start joint Arab-Israeli airport plan
This year’s election of Shimon Peres as Israel’s president could revitalize dormant plans for developing Jordan’s King Hussein International Airport at Aqa
This year’s election of Shimon Peres as Israel’s president could revitalize dormant plans for developing Jordan’s King Hussein International Airport at Aqaba as a regional hub to serve both countries. The airport sits at the north end of the Red Sea, across the Gulf of Aqaba from the Israeli resort city of Eilat.
A possible Arab-Israeli joint venture at the location, which is at the southern end of the 320-mile rift valley that marks the international border between the two countries, has been discussed as long ago as the signing of the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan. At that time Peres–who calls the location “Peace Valley”–was deputy prime minister and responsible for development of the Negev desert in southern Israel.
