By David Singer ——Bio and Archives--April 1, 2024
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President Biden has for the first time suggested his readiness to abandon the failed two-state solution embodied in Security Council Resolution 2334 (Resolution 2334 two-state solution)--endorsing instead a different two-state solution that could possibly be the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS two-state solution).
This change in Biden’s thinking emerged at an election fundraiser in New York City when Biden--sitting alongside his predecessors Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton--told the guests:
The HKOPS two-state solution presents a very different--and revolutionary--two-state solution to the Resolution 2334 two-state solution--created only after the Obama-Biden administration abstained from voting on UN Security Council Resolution 2334 on December 23, 2016--as they were packing up to vacate the White House following Donald Trump’s election as President.
The Resolution 2334 two-state solution calls for the creation of an independent Palestinian Arab State between Israel and Jordan--the two successor states to the 1922 Mandate for Palestine--already sovereign rulers in 95% of the former territory of the Mandate. Biden’s pursuit of this solution since becoming President in 2020 has borne no results.
The HKOPS two-state solution on the other hand proposes that:
The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS)--authored by Ali Shihabi--an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS)--was published in the Saudi Government-controlled Al Arabiya News on June 8, 2022 and subsequently revised--presumably after considering objections by the three major players affected--Jordan, the PLO and Hamas.
It is highly significant that MBS, Jordan’s King Abdullah, PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal have not publicly disavowed HKOPS in the eighteen months since its initial publication and revision.
HKOPS:
HKOPS also trashes the creation of an independent Palestinian Arab State between Israel and Jordan proposed by:
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Major changes made to the Saudi Plan published on 8 June 2022 in the subsequently revised version are:
President Biden could well be considering endorsing the HKOPS two-state solution as “a two-state solution” to replace the failed Resolution 2334 two-state solution.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: Please confirm or deny.
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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.
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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