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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Talk Of Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation Irks Observers On Both Sides Of The River
2012-12-18
'We have disengaged from the West Bank and we don't want it back,' writes Jordanian columnistMedia reports that Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
is advancing a plan for confederation with Jordan have sparked a flurry of negative reactions both in Jordan and in the Paleostinian territories.

London-based daily al-Quds al-Arabi reported last Thursday that Abbas held a closed meeting with seven Fatah and PA members earlier last week to discuss the imminent possibility of a confederate union with the Hashemite Kingdom. According to the report, Abbas asked his team to prepare a report on diplomatic possibilities for negotiating the confederation plan with Jordan, which he considered "among the supreme Paleostinian interests."

A confederation could be any of a number of political unions between the two bodies. The term differs from a federation, which features semi-independent states ruled by a single central government.

Jordanians are particularly sensitive to the idea of a Paleostinian-Jordanian union since Jordan officially relinquished its claim to the West Bank in 1988
Paleostinian presidential front man Nabil Abu Rudeineh rushed to clarify that the idea of a Jordanian-Paleostinian confederation had already been raised in 1988, but could only materialize following complete Paleostinian independence and a popular referendum on the matter.

Another member of the Paleostinian leadership, PLO Executive Committee member Wasel Abu-Youssef, told al-Quds al-Arabi that mere talk of a confederation could block the road to Paleostinian statehood on the 1967 borders, since "Israel currently plans to establish a [Paleostinian] state and annex it to Jordan."

Jordanians are particularly sensitive to the idea of a Paleostinian-Jordanian union since Jordan officially relinquished its claim to the West Bank in 1988. Many in the kingdom fear that Israel plans to turn Jordan into the alternative Paleostinian homeland, considering its high Paleostinian population.

"[Jordan] will become an alternative homeland not only for West Bank Paleostinians but also for the Paleostinians of Syria and Leb... We have disengaged from the West Bank and we don't want it back; we will not allow any power in the universe to impose it upon us," wrote Jordanian columnist Nahed Hattar in the independent daily al-Arab al-Yawm.

"The United States, Europe and Israel encourage the confederation between Jordan and the West Bank in order to transfer the burden of administering the 'territories' and their residents to Jordan."

The Islamic Action Front
...Jordan's branch of the Moslem Brüderbund...
, Jordan's Moslem Brüderbund party, joined the voices of condemnation on Monday, chiding "the suspect calls for a federation or confederation between Jordan and parts of Paleostine."

"While we assert our faith in Arab and Islamic unity... we reject all calls for a federation or confederation before the liberation of Paleostine and its people's ownership of their national homeland."
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  Unfortunately, IMO the newbie so-called "Three-State" Solution is more about how Israel + Egypt + Jordan is going to share economic support of the PA in Gaza-West Bank + Jerusalem, NOT ABOUT GIVING THE GOVT-WIDOUT-A-COUNTRY PA ANY SOVEREIGN PHYSICAL TERRITORY TO CALL THEIR OWN, BY + FOR PALESTINIANS.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-12-18 18:58  

#3  'We have disengaged from the West Bank and we don't want it back,'

Everyone loves the Paleos, but no one wants them around. Me, I'd rather have fire ants.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-12-18 17:55  

#2  Practically speaking (from a stability point of view) taking the West Bank as part of Jordanian territory sounds better than absorbing the West Bank population after their foolish genocidal impulses get them expelled from the West Bank.
Posted by: Rjschwarz   2012-12-18 09:55  

#1  The Jordanians aren't that dumb. Abbas, on the other hand, is.
Posted by: Spot   2012-12-18 08:11  

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