![](https://mitvim.org.il/wp-content/uploads/PikiWiki_Israel_1563_Naharayim-_Israel-Jordan_peace_project_נהריים-800x520.jpg)
Jordan’s 100th birthday: Centenary of the
‘most unstable’ state
“Jordan is an artificial state with no future,” then-prime minister David Ben-Gurion declared shortly before the 1956 Suez Canal War. His assessment was echoed by Western intelligence agencies.