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By David Singer, published 15/2/2010Jordan’s King Abdullah must show leadership and negotiate with Israel on the sovereignty of the West Bank.
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I apologise for my comments on your smoking habits. It seems your inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality does not require chemical assistance.
Abdullah is about as likely to accede to the re-incorporation of the West Bank as Netanyahu is to agree to a Palestinian "right of return". And for much the same reason.
You write:
"Abdullah must be subjected to enormous international pressure in the form of financial incentives and security guarantees for Jordan to resume its role in the West Bank…"
Who is going to exert this pressure? What possible "security guarantees" can be offered Jordan when the main threat would emanate from 2.5 million newly minted Palestinian citizens? Have you forgotten Black September? Have you forgotten the uprising in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon in December 2009? Do you think Abdullah would risk incorporating 2.5 million Palestinians into Jordan no matter what the carrots or sticks?
But what you leave out of your analysis is the same elephant in the room that almost every Jewish pundit ignores.
Muslims are as determined to destroy Israel as Jews are to preserve it. Peace is not possible so long as a Jewish enclave exists in Dar-ul-Islam.
If you believe anything else you really are living in a fantasy world.
The issue of "Palestine" is one of the Muslim world's trump cards in their campaign to delegitimate Israel. It provides the cover for anti-Semites all over the world to attack Israel*.
But if it weren't "Palestine" Muslim leaders would find something else. This looks like a fight to the death. I cannot see this story having a happy ending.
To reiterate, I am NOT going to debate the rights and wrongs of the situation.
*There are also critics of Israel who are not anti-Semites and who do have a genuine concern for the welfare of Palestinians. But there is no denying that many of Israel's critics are motivated by anti-Semitism just as many critics of Islam are motivated by racism.