When a hijacked Iranian plane landed in Israel in 1995

Jordan’s King Hussein reportedly called Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to warn him that the Iranian plane was heading Israel’s way. Islamic-ruled Iran is one of Israel’s principal enemies in the Middle East and backer of such other enemies as the Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon. Rabin said he overrode his own policy against aiding hijackers to allow the plane to land because it was about to crash. “What was reported to me was that the plane had little fuel, and I did not want to be a partner or to bear responsibility for the crash of a plane full of passengers,” Rabin said.