By Ted Belman
Today I received an email from a friend and fellow activist;
Is this true?
What follows is my reply;
It is true, but what is “it”?
Look at the article which sets out the Saudi Plan.
“The Palestinian problem can only be solved today if it is redefined. The issue in this day and age for people should be not so much the ownership of ancestral land but more the critical need to have a legal identity—a globally respected citizenship that allows a person to operate in the modern world. Labor in this day and age is mobile and having citizenship in a country that facilitates such mobility is critical to human development.
“The most logical vehicle for this redefinition and hence for the solution to the Palestine problem is the kingdom of Jordan. Over the last seventy-five years, Jordan has developed into a relatively well-governed state, although the impact of regional political turmoil has caused it to fail economically and become heavily reliant on foreign aid for its survival. It is this Jordanian governance infrastructure that needs to be captured and put to productive use in integrating the millions of Palestinians and Jordanians into a modern, reasonably well-functioning state that would, in an era of real peace and economic integration with Jordan’s neighbors, have a much higher chance of growth and prosperity.“
That is what the Jordan Option is about. So the Saudi Plan reiterates what I have been saying. That’s a good thing. This Plan calls for a confederation. It was rejected by Jordan and by Biden. That article explains why it was rejected in the past;
“This illusion of “return” has served some Arab regimes’ interests by giving them a powerful excuse to avoid integrating Palestinian refugees as citizens, particularly in Lebanon and even Jordan, both of which have millions of disenfranchised Palestinians in their camps. These regimes feared that these refugees-cum-citizens would alter their demographics and threaten their ruling order. Consequently, the excuse given was that since the Palestinians would eventually return to Palestine, giving them citizenship would technically undermine their “right of return” and hence they should be denied citizenship. Palestinian leaders actively colluded in perpetuating this tragedy.”
I have posted many articles discussing it
Essentially, the Saudi Plan puts the confederation in play and makes the case for it. So far, so good.
There are two ways the JO differs from it is in where the western border will be and whether the new entity is a kingdom or a republic. Mere details.
The JO requires it to be a republic with its western border being the Jordan River.
Stay tuned.
This is just the TSS under a different title.
Jordan will simply become larger at the expense of the Jews.
I am convinced that the Government of Israel is getting ready for the expulsion of all or most of the Jews from Judea and Samaria and announcing the TSS (the land giveaway) no matter what (as a state or confederation, or whatever).
The politicians will run away to the US (or so they think – they don’t know that “Rome does not reward traitors”) while the rest… use your imagination.
About time that Israel countered the notion of a return to Israel by the 1948 Arab refugees by taking every opportunity going for Israeli representatives to repeat OFTEN that there is no room for a return of 1948 Arab refugees to Israel because Israel has taken in the Jews of Arab lands that the Arabs forced out one way or another in and since 1948. Israeli reps used to do this before 1967 but have not been loud enough with it since. Besides if they really believe in return then all those named Masri Hijazi or Yamani should go back to Egypt, Saudi and Yemen!