Jordan was always the de facto “Palestinian state.”
The “Palestinians” don’t want their own “state.” They have had multiple opportunities over the years following WWII to get one, and they have declined every one of them.
They want the state of Israel not to exist, and all Israelis dead.
It’s not rocket surgery.
> Jordan should rule the West Bank <
Kissinger was either kidding or he was losing his common sense. Yes, Jordan once controlled the West Bank. But why in the world would Jordan want it now?
It would be nothing but trouble. It’s a very poor region. And when the population wasn’t plotting against each other, they’d be plotting against Jordan’s monarchy.
And then there are the Israeli settlements scattered throughout the area. They won’t be leaving. And they won’t be accepting Jordanian rule either.
If I were the King of Jordan, I’d say, “Thanks but no thanks. And don’t ask again.”
Jordan might not think that’s such a great idea. They said so in September, 1970.
Rule what? Anyway, he’s dead Jim.
No way in hell. Jordan invaded in 1948 and seized judaea and Samaria and proceeded to use it as a launching pad against the rest of Israel. Jordan — especially under its current hostile king— can GTH as far as I’m
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If you ever watch the movie Lawrence of Arabia, there is a scene where Omar Sheriffs character shoots a Bedu (or as they are commonly called Bedouin) as the Bedu man drank at his well, which is against the law... Palestinians are the Bedouin... They have no tribe, they are the outcast of the desert, that is what Palestinian’s are and why no Arab country wants them.
Maybe Kissinger had forgotten, Adbullah’s dad King Hussein fought a war to expel them from Jordan and his Arab Legion chopped up two Syrian divisions riding to the rescue. And to show how I remember stupid stuff in 1970 the very Liberal writer Pete Hamill wrote in Dolly Schiff’s liberal rag the NY Post that if the Palestinians wanted a state they had one in Jordan. The land between the river and the Sea was Israel’s.
Odd. Kissinger should have remembered 1970 and Black September. Jordan doesn’t *want* the Palestinians. The last time they had an infestation of Palestinians, that Palis tried to overthrow the government and assassinate the king, and it cost the Jordanians a lot of blood and trouble to get rid of them.
I’m sure Israel would love to be able to get out of the $hit hole known as the West Bank (if they don’t get attacked every other day).
Not bad at all.
After 9/11 it would have been stupid for us to have made a deal with Osama Bin Laden so he can control half of New York State...All while he’s bragging about doing another ‘9/11’ as soon as he gets new crews together.