By David Singer —— Bio and Archives July 4, 2022
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Jordan left the fate of the West Bank and its abandoned Jordanian-citizen population in the hands of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). The PLO subsequently rejected offers of a separate state proposed by the:
- Terminated Jordanian citizenship enjoyed by all West Bank Arab residents for the previous 38 years.
- Renounced all Jordanian claims to the West Bank annexed by Jordan between 1950 and 1967
- Dissolved the Jordanian parliament (half of whose members were West Bank representatives),
- Ceased salary payments to 21,000 West Bank civil servants, and
- Ordered that West Bank Palestinian passports be converted to two-year travel documents.
- 1993 Oslo Accords
- 2003 Bush Roadmap
- 2020 Trump Plan and
- Israel in July 2000 , September 2008 and June 2009
"[The EU and Jordan] reiterated that the only path to a just, lasting and comprehensive resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the two-state solution that ends occupation and leads to the establishment, of an independent contiguous, sovereign and viable Palestinian State, on the lines of 4 June 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital, living side by side with the State of Israel in peace, in accordance with international law and UN Security Council resolutions"Their failure to address the Saudi initiative - made 6 days later - could see the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution being renamed the State of Palestine solution – with the Hashemites possibly losing their custodianship of the Islamic Holy sites in Jerusalem. President Biden has followed the EU and Jordan - Deputy Ambassador Richard Mills telling the UN Security Council on 27 June 2022 – without mentioning the Saudi proposal: "The current U.S. administration continues to affirm its strong support for a two-state solution, which remains the best way to ensure Israel's future as a democratic and Jewish state alongside a sovereign, viable Palestinian state." The UN and its agencies repeat this failed mantra ad nauseum.
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