His grandfather was assassinated, his father incapacitated. Now Hussein was king of Jordan, and Israel needed a covert, deniable but direct line to the palace in Amman. Newly declassified, here’s the surprisingly intimate route its agents took
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
'The Queen’s File': How the Mossad got to King Hussein of Jordan’s mother
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