By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--August 14, 2017
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"On the 14 of May 1948, the state of Israel was declared. By the time Israel and the Arab States signed the Armistice agreement in 1948, Israel had gained control over 75% of mandate Palestine."The article further asserts that the 1967 Six Day War was:
"the beginning of Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and annexation of East Jerusalem, territories which together made up the remaining 22% of Mandate Palestine."The article fails to inform readers that:
"Palestine comes into modern history as a region extending on both sides of the Jordan, comprising the present sovereign territories of Israel and Jordan and the administered areas of the West Bank and Gaza. Of this original Palestine, 80 per cent became an exclusively Arab domain through the separation of Trans-Jordan from Palestine."
" Jordan and Palestine until 1945 were one State, actually. After the Second World War, Churchill himself said, "This is Transjordan, and this is Palestine. Before that Jordan was an emirate ...completely part of Palestine"
"Palestine and Transjordan are one, for Palestine is the coastline and Transjordan the hinterland of the same country"
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"Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit."One Jewish State and two Arab States in the territory of the Mandate will exacerbate--not resolve--the conflict. Jordan--78% of the Mandate territory--must be part of any territorial resolution. Territorial negotiations--like gridiron and basketball--can only be played out within clearly designated boundaries. Defining Palestine's boundaries is indeed the key to Trump succeeding where all others have failed.
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David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International—an organization calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at: jordanispalestine.blogspot.com