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July 29, 2024

Could a Palestinian-Jordanian Confederation Work?

Alternatives to the two-state solution.

On Thursday, the London Arabic newspaper Al-Araby al-Jadeed published an article in favor of creating a Palestinian entity in the West Bank in confederation with Jordan. The author, Jawad al-Anani, doesn’t say so explicitly, but such an outcome would be far better for Jordan than the two-state solution so favored by international diplomats. After all, Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank most likely would lead to a Hamas takeover, and then violence spilling over the river into Jordan.

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July 29, 2024

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