The Gabriel Peace Prize (Gabriel Sherover Foundation), a booklet printed for the reception of the prize by Mr. Elyakim Rubinstein of Jerusalem and Dr. Fayez A. Tarawneh of Amman. Rubinstein and Tarawneh headed the Israeli and Jordanian delegations, respectively, to the peace talks in Washington, signed the "Common Agenda" between Israel and Jordan on 14 September 1993 and continued the negotiations in Jordan and in Israel in 1994. The Prize was awarded to them in 1995, for their efforts in the cause of peace.
The booklet, printed in Hebrew, Arabic and English, includes a photograph from the signing of the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, the judges' comments, and the biographies of Rubinstein and Tarawneh.
On the title page are the signatures of Shimon Peres (then Israeli Foreign Minister) and Hussein bin Talal (King of Jordan). Alongside them are signatures of the prize winners, Dr. Fayez A. Tarawneh and Elyakim Rubinstein.
The Israel-Jordan peace treaty, signed in the Arava Valley by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jordanian Prime Minister Abdelsalam al-Majali on 26 October 1994, came into effect on 10 November 1994 at an official meeting between King Hussein and Prime Minister Rabin, held at Bet Gabriel on the shore of Lake Kinneret.
Elyakim Rubinstein is at present Vice President of the Supreme Court. He has served as Cabinet Secretary and as Attorney General of Israel.
Fayez A. Tarawneh served as prime minister of Jordan in 1998-1999, and again in 2012.
Enclosed are letters sent from the office of the King of Jordan, and an entrance ticket to the "Peace Prize Ceremony" (January 1996).
16 pp, 32 cm. Good condition.