Jordan is the Palestinian state the world refuses to see - opinion

Like in the story, the idea of establishing a Palestinian state is today paraded at the United Nations, despite lacking any substance.

After Hamas’s massacre of residents of Israel’s southern communities and the incitement and corruption of the Palestinian Authority, it is clear that a Palestinian terror state must not be established. Yet, despite the absurdity, Western plot-weavers continue to tailor the idea of a Palestinian state as a reward for terrorism.

Amid the chaos, Hamas’s defeat in Gaza, and the collapse of the Palestinian Authority, the senior Jordanian diplomat Dr. Marwan Muasher courageously pointed out that the PA represents no one and that intra-Arab dialogue is needed.

The idea of establishing a Palestinian terror state–one that seeks to replace Israel is a recipe for genocide against the Jews. At this very moment, in the streets of European countries that support the establishment of a Palestinian state as a reward for Hamas terror, slogans are being chanted calling for the cleansing of Jews “from the river to the sea.”

In Hebrew, the concept of “plot” is linguistically linked to “weaving.” The sewing of the madman’s suit that would create a Palestinian state in the Land of Israel passed through several “designers.”

The first tailors sat in the “workshop” of the San Remo Conference (1920) and granted Britain the mandate over all of Palestine in order to re-establish the national home of the Jewish people.

Very quickly, the mandate’s tailors (in 1921) cut Transjordan from the Israeli fabric, stitched on a “Hashemite–Saudi” patch, and established (in 1946) the “Hashemite Arab Kingdom.”

Shortly thereafter, Jordan declared the unification of the two banks under the Hashemite crown, and the residents of the West Bank were granted Jordanian citizenship. Thus, a single Jordanian-Palestinian state was created–one people and one king.

However, the UN “tailors” then decided (1947) on another partition (Resolution 181), cutting additional fabric from the territory allocated to the Jews–this time west of the Jordan River–in order to “sew” yet another Arab state (“Palestine”). The Arabs refused, attacked, and were defeated.

From its inception, the kingdom sought to contain the Palestinians within Jordan and the West Bank (as part of Jordan) to prevent them from toppling the Saudi-imported Hashemite dynasty. This approach prevailed even after Jordan lost the West Bank in the Six-Day War.

The Palestinian threat materialized in an armed revolt led by Arafat and his militia against King Hussein during “Black September” (1970). The uprising was brutally crushed, and the Palestinian terrorists were expelled to Lebanon.

In practice, however, Palestinians took over Jordan without a fight–both demographically and economically. Today, they constitute approximately 60–70 percent of the population (the figures are classified) and dominate the economy and public discourse, which is saturated with hostility toward Israel.

Jordan is a fragile kingdom facing economic hardship and water scarcity, surrounded by a hostile and covetous Syrian, Iraqi, and Iranian environment. Beneath the surface, a Palestinian Islamist terrorist current affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood simmers against the king and against Israel.

Public discourse increasingly questions his rule. This situation has created a long-standing convergence of interests between Israel and the kingdom along their 309-kilometer border–particularly in water and security–supported by US aid.

Since 1967, Israel has maintained a policy of “open bridges” (Moshe Dayan), within the framework of the “unity of the two banks,” based on the understanding that Israel would not again expose its citizens to a Palestinian threat from the mountains of Judea and Samaria.

The idea of “unity of the banks” as a Jordanian federation–serving as the shared state of two “invented peoples,” the Jordanian and the Palestinian–was seen as a solution to the Palestinians’ “occupation” complex, removing from Israelis the threat of the “right of return” and the burden of ruling over a foreign population.

The Allon Plan (after 1967) influenced the deployment of Jewish settlement in Judea and Samaria. However, the renewed unification of the Palestinian enclave with Jordan was never implemented.

In April 1987, the London Agreement was “stitched” between Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein, under which Jordan would resume control over the Palestinians in Judea and Samaria–and even in Gaza.

This gradual and controlled move was intended to transform the Hashemite crown (descendants of Muhammad) into a Jordanian parliamentary monarchy, similar to Britain. Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir rejected the initiative, after which King Hussein withdrew his support.

In December 1988, the First Intifada erupted, and King Hussein announced the severing of ties with the West Bank. Apparently, the move was meant to enable the PLO to declare a Palestinian state.

In reality, it stemmed from fear of a treacherous and violent Palestinian uprising from within–similar to the events of September 1970–that would turn Jordan into Palestine, rather than the other way around.

History shows Jordan is not an “alternative homeland” for the Palestinians. It is the Palestinian Arab state–and only a malicious fool or a blind man fails to see it.

Jordan has a Palestinian majority whose identity is Sunni Islamic. All believe in the same Qur’an and the same Muhammad, speak the same language (Arabic), share the same invented history, wave the same flag (with the addition of the royal crown), and most adhere to the same objective: to take over Jordan and destroy Israel.

Recently, there has been a noticeable erosion of Jordan’s internal security, growing incitement, anti-Israel demonstrations, and an increase in weapons smuggling across the Jordanian border. In light of the collapse of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, and the lack of feasibility for an independent Palestinian state, the idea of a Jordanian–Palestinian federation must be revived.

This federation–whether established through a controlled process or through a predictable Palestinian revolution–will continue to plot against Israel.

This reunified entity, governed from its capital Amman, is the only solution to end the illusion of “Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital–in place of Israel,” and the annihilationist doctrine known as the “right of return.”

Such a federation would require demilitarization, Israeli security control over the Palestinian enclave, and Israeli control of border crossings and the Jordan Valley.

The renewed federation would strengthen King Abdullah’s rule. The next Jordanian dynasty will be Palestinian by virtue of the king’s marriage to the Palestinian Queen Rania and the Palestinian identity of his children. It would restore Jordanian citizenship to the Palestinians, as in the past.

Journalist Douglas Murray, who described Israel as “the state doing the dirty work for the civilized world” in halting the murderous spread of radical Islam, has stated–based on his firsthand observations–that “Jordan is a Palestinian state in every sense except its name.”

Douglas Murray is the child in Andersen’s story who pointed out the emperor’s nakedness. It's time to return to the emperor’s old clothes: Jordan is the Palestinian Arab state.