The question should be: What did the mission attempt to accomplish? Jordan’s Abdullah is a very weak reed and has very little control over his own Muslim Brotherhood. There seems to be some present hope of combining the West Bank with Jordan, but the number of Palestinians incorporated would only add to their number and reduce the importance of the King’s bedu constituency. Fortunately, most foreign nations understand that Congressional delegations are intended as ‘shopping tours’ and have very little real meaning.
“There seems to be some present hope of combining the West Bank with Jordan”
The West Bank is part of Israel, just like Jerusalem belongs to Israel and is it’s Capitol.