Economics
The Peace Dividend For Israel And Jordan
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Umayyah Toukan, the head of Amman's small but bustling stock exchange, was wary of talking to his Israeli counterpart at a financial conference in London last April. After all, the 46-year-long state of war between Israel and Jordan had put a chill on most contacts. "We both presented papers at the podium, and that was about it," recalls Toukan.
All that has changed now. Just minutes after watching Jordan's King Hus-