T. Belman. After Trump was inaugurated, I launched my ideas for the Jordan Option. John Bolton did likewise in a speech at Bar Ilan U in May 2017. He based his three state solution on Res 242. In essence this resolution left it to Jordan, Israel and Egypt to decide amongst themselves. I pointed this out HERE and commented:
“Bolton’s plan is really the application of Res 242 which provided,
“i) Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied
in the recent conflict;
(ii) Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgment of the sovere i g n t y, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of
force;”Israel, Egypt and Jordan were and are the only “states in the area”. The PA is an impediment to the process and must be done away with.
The US support for the PLO brought them to prominance. By reverting back to Res 242, the US will be undoing what they never should have done in the first place.
Bolton contemplates Jordan and Israel amending their peace agreement by redrawing the border. The same for Egypt and Israel.”.
This article amplifies this and shows Putin is on board.
The 1964 PLO Charter said: “This Organization does not exercise any regional sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or the Himmah Area…” Good idea.
Defusing the Syria–Israel conflict and resurrecting the primacy of Security Council Resolution 242 in resolving the Arab-Jewish conflict have emerged as positive outcomes from the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki this week.
President Putin expressed America and Russia’s joint resolve with this succinct statement:
“The south of Syria should be brought to the full compliance with the treaty of 1974 about the separation of forces, about separation of forces of Israel and Syria. This will bring peace to Golan Heights. And bring more peaceful relationship between Syria and Israel and also to provide security of the state of Israel. Mr. President paid special attention to the issue during today’s negotiations. I would like to confirm that Russia is interested in this development and this will act accordingly. Thus far, we will make a step toward creating a lasting peace in compliance with the respective resolutions of security council, for instance the resolution 338.”
Article 1 of the 1974 Syria-Israel Separation of Forces Agreement provides:
“Israel and Syria will scrupulously observe the cease-fire on land, sea and air and will refrain from all military actions against each other, from the time of the signing of the document, in implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 338 dated October 22, 1973.”
Security Council Resolution 338 – adopted following the 1973 Yom Kippur War:
“Calls upon all parties concerned to start immediately after the cease-fire the implementation of Security Council Resolution 242 (1967) in all of its parts;
Article 1 of Security Council Resolution 242 – adopted following the 1967 Six Day War:
“Affirms that the fulfilment of Charter principles requires the establishment of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East which should include the application of both the following principles:
(i) Withdrawal of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent conflict;
(ii) Termination of all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgment of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force;”
When Security Council Resolution 242 was passed on 22 November 1967:
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) was not the sole spokesman for the Palestinian Arabs – having only being so appointed at the 7th Arab League Summit held in Rabat in October 1974.
Arabs living in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) (“Territories”) were Jordanian citizens and possessed Jordanian passports following these Territories being unified with Transjordan on 24 April 1950 and subsequently being renamed Jordan.
The PLO was expressly not claiming territorial sovereignty in the Territories or Gaza – article 24 of the PLO Charter proclaiming:
“This Organization does not exercise any regional sovereignty over the West Bank in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on the Gaza Strip or the Himmah Area. Its activities will be on the national popular level in the liberational, organizational, political and financial fields.
No additional Arab State in former Palestine – in addition to Jordan – was contemplated.
Hamas had not been founded.
Resolution 242 still contains the only internationally agreed formula for peacefully ending the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict.
A conference to resolve this long-running conflict in accordance with Resolution 242 – co-chaired by America and Russia – would see Israel and every Arab State in the area attending but would exclude non-States PLO and Hamas.
Such a conference now looms as a possible Trump-Putin initiative – putting Trump’s unannounced “ultimate deal” on the backburner.
Going back to 1967 could indeed be the key to resolving the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict.
Author’s note: The cartoon – commissioned exclusively for this article—is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators – whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades. His cartoons can be viewed at Drybonesblog
@ david melech:
Egypt border – the final borders which were defined by the Mandate of Palestine.
Jordan it says the river. Maps are in the appendix. I do not know what you do not understand or what you are getting at if you are making a side point. Borders agreed to are very clear. Never heard anyone else question this.
The borders are respected by all three countries, guarded and clearly indicated. Perhaps you are not happy with the borders agreed to? Is that actually your point?
@ Bear Klein:
having done a quick scan of your Egypt – Israel which is too long to copy and paste all i find is
Zone B
Zone B is bounded by line B (green line) on the east and by line A (red line) on the west, as shown on Map 1.
Egyptian border units of four battalions equipped with light weapons and wheeled vehicles will provide security and supplement the civil police in maintaining order in Zone B. The main elements in the four Border Battalions will consist of up to a total of four thousand personnel.
Land based, short range, low power, coastal warning points of the border patrol units may be established on the coast of this Zone.
There will be in Zone B field fortifications and military installations for the four border battalions.
please show and correct me
DM
SHABBAT SHALOM
please be so kind as to show where
Article 3. International Boundary
1. The international boundary between Israel and Jordan is delimited with reference to the boundary definition under the Mandate as is shown in Annex I (a), on the mapping materials attached thereto and coordinates specified therein. 2. The boundary, as set out in Annex I (a), is the permanent, secure and recognised international boundary between Israel and Jordan, without prejudice to the status of any territories that came under Israeli military government control in 1967. 3. The Parties recognise the international boundary, as well as each other’s territory, territorial waters and airspace, as inviolable, and will respect and comply with them. 4. The demarcation of the boundary will take place as set forth in Appendix (I) to Annex I and will be concluded not later than 9 months after the signing of the Treaty.
5. It is agreed that where the boundary follows a river, in the event of natural changes in the course of the flow of the river as described in Annex I (a), the boundary shall follow the new course of the flow. In the event of any other changes the boundary shall not be affected unless otherwise agreed. 6. Immediately upon the exchange of the instruments of ratification of this Treaty, each Party will deploy on its side of the international boundary as defined in Annex I (a). 7. The Parties shall, upon the signature of the Treaty, enter into negotiations to conclude, within 9 months, an agreement on the delimitation of their maritime boundary in the Gulf of Aqaba. 8. Taking into account the special circumstances of the Naharayim/Baqura area, which is under Jordanian sovereignty, with Israeli private ownership rights, the Parties agree to apply the provisions set out in Annex I (b).
9. With respect to the Zofar/Al-Ghamr area, the provisions set out in Annex I (c) will apply.
@ david melech:
Wrong the border is the Jordan river is says clearly in the peace treaty. See Article 3 of the Peace Treaty.
https://peacemaker.un.org/sites/peacemaker.un.org/files/IL%20JO_941026_PeaceTreatyIsraelJordan.pdf
The Egypt – Israel peace also delineates schedule of Israel leaving parts of the Siani in detail and the final borders which were defined by the Mandate of Palestine. http://www.mfa.gov.il/mfa/foreignpolicy/peace/guide/pages/israel-egypt%20peace%20treaty.aspx
The word border does not appear in 242 nor in the jordan agreement. In the egypt agreement in only appears as to how many egypt border guards or border police allowed.
@ Bear Klein:
BEAR- I agree with everything you’ve said. Res.242 has already been complied with by Israel returning the Sinai, and the part of Syria, from the Israeli Golan Border to about 60 K. from Damascus, where the IDF paused, well within shelling range of Damascus.
And Jordan, in 1994 made a Treaty with Israel, that the accepted border between the two countries be the Jordan River.. So “borders” are not the real problem, getting rid of the PLO the PA and Hamas are the problems and can best be done in one way, which always works.
How does Israel withdrawing any more territory and keeping hostile Arabs there solve anything? Israel has done that in the past and it is has proven just to lead to dead Jews.
Does not matter if it is two states or three. Israel needs to keep control of Judea/Samaria completely. It needs to get rid of Hamas in Gaza. It does not need theoretical paper solutions.
Israel currently and since the second Intifada nightly raids the PA cities to round up terrorists. It gets information, destroys terror cells and keeps terrorist attacks to a minimum. Losing that ability would a stupid repeat from when Israel left these cities alone to become terror hot beds after Oslo.
Gaza keeps being a serious problem because the IDF is not there. Many of us correctly predicted in 2005 if the IDF left there would be huge terror problems and we were not wrong. This idea of leaving anything west of the Jordan River is potentially a worse problem. The concept is flawed!