Posted on 03/01/2025 4:37:35 AM PST by MtnClimber
If the world is serious about ending Palestinian suffering, it must hold Arab rulers accountable for deliberately sustaining this conflict.
For decades, Arab nations have positioned themselves as staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause, yet their actions suggest otherwise. Although they publicly denounce Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, behind closed doors, many Arab leaders have systematically worked to prevent a permanent resolution to the Palestinian issue. Nowhere is this hypocrisy more evident than in the refusal of most Arab states — particularly Jordan — to integrate Palestinians, despite historical, demographic, and geopolitical realities that make Jordan the most viable Palestinian homeland.
Jordan is historically part of Palestine, with the majority of its population being Palestinian. Given these facts, Jordan should logically serve as the natural homeland for displaced Palestinians rather than advocating for a separate Palestinian state in the West Bank or Gaza. However, the Hashemite monarchy, which has ruled Jordan since its creation as a British protectorate, actively disenfranchises Palestinian Jordanians, maintaining them in a second-class status while simultaneously portraying itself as a champion of Palestinian rights.
Western policymakers often justify Jordan’s treatment of Palestinians by referencing the events of 1970, when King Hussein used the Pakistani army to crush an attempted PLO takeover. However, declassified White House documents suggest a different perspective. Then–U.S. secretary of State Henry Kissinger viewed the idea of Palestinian self-rule in Jordan as the chance for a solution to the Palestinian question. In a White House memo to President Nixon, Kissinger argued that a Palestinian-led government in Jordan could provide “a Palestinian settlement.”
Nixon did not support the concept. This allowed King Hussein to enlist the support of Pakistan, which sent troops to Jordan and swiftly suppressed the Palestinians, killing thousands of civilians. With that, the prospect of a Palestinian state in Jordan
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To my quick memory......ALL Arab states are fictions of European imperialism.
So....there.
We drew the first lines in the sand, we’ll just redraw them and let the savages fight it out amongst themselves....with Western arms of course.
Would be good for business.
I recall that the Accille Lauro spawned a joke about “The Klinghoffer cocktail; two shots and a splash.”
What, too soon after?
One wonders why Israel’s Deep State has allowed that human pestilence to continue to threaten Israel.
But then I recall what Randolph Bourne wrote...
“War is the health of the State.”
And then my sympathy and support for Israel circles the bowl.
Correct. The old king had wounded paliscum cleaned up and staged for a film starring himself.
I barely remember the film clip but he was riding a white horse and stabbing the scum....lol.
He deserved an Oscar.
Jordan is and was the second state in a two state solution.
But the palestinians are such an evil virus, the King can’t accept them.
Sucks to be that evil. palestinians will rot in place forever because nobody can accept their evil.
I was in the ME at the time...
And..........
The Arab nations started the war, directly, in 1948, trying to eliminate the nascent idependent state of Israel. They, the Arab nations, directly, lost miserably. After a few more attempts like that they quit attacking Israel directly, but supported the Arabs of Palestine to continue their war.
They - Syra, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia should take in all the residents of Gaza, and give them citizenship in their countries and integrating them into their national societies - no more “refugees”.
IMO-—THEY ARE TOTALLY INCAPABLE OF “SELF RULE”.
I agree.
Sick, but funny...
I was in college when we had toga parties and Jim Jones Punch. (Actually gorilla or trash can punch with grain)
In fairness to the Jordanians, they’ve taken in a ton of refugees over the years. Every time we or somebody else starts bombing something and there is a wave of refugees - from Iraq, then Syria, then Yemen, etc. - Jordan has taken in a large number of refugees. But I suspect the Gazans are such an extreme lot that it’s too much to ask even of Jordan.
Yeah, every time the “palestinians” were welcomed they created hatred and violence.
So, OK, let’s not bother with looking at history and go ahead and invite this decade’s pack of rabid dogs into your back yard. Yeah, there is a plan.
bump
Correct
There’s no solution to the pali problem this side of death. If they’re breathing they’re going to make trouble.
Countries like Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan took Palestinians in after the 6 Day War in 1967, only to find out that they were setting up terrorist networks throughout those countries, in order to stir up trouble in those countries, and to continue attacks on Israel. They ended up chasing them down, and tossing them out of those countries.
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