(1935-1999) King of Jordan from 1952-1999. He drove out the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) from Jordan in 1970 because he viewed the PLO as a competing power with the Jordanian state; the Palestinian population in Jordan at that time comprised 60% of the entire populace. King Hussein was backed by the United States and Israel in his military action against the PLO, while his attacks on Palestinian fighters and civilians were seen as traitorous in the Arab world. He was also a major player in various Middle Eastern peace initiatives, including the drafting of United Nations Resolution 242 following the War of 1967 and the Madrid Conference in 1991. In 1994, King Hussein signed a peace treaty with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, effectively normalizing diplomatic and economic relations between Jordan and Israel. See “King Hussein I.” The Government of Jordan. 19 August 2011. http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/biography.html; and Ashton, Nigel. King Hussein of Jordan: A Political Life. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2008.  http://www.justvision.org/glossary/king-hussein-bin-talal