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Palestine: integrating Jordan's two banks could reap big rewards

By David Singer - posted Wednesday, 31 October 2012

...both sides, Arab and Israeli, no longer speak of a political solution to the Palestinian problem.

The vacuum existing in 1948 has returned - and once again Jordan is the party that can fill it by opening negotiations with Israel to end the the Jewish-Arab conflict by reunifying the two banks of the Jordan River - taking into account the vastly changed circumstances to those existing 64 years ago. The dividends could be immense including:

The return to Jordan of a very substantial part of the West Bank lost by it in the Six Day War
No residents of the West Bank - either Jew or Arab - having to move from his present home
The restoration of Jordanian citizenship to the West Bank Arab population
The resolution of the competing claims by both Jews and Arabs to sovereignty in the West Bank
Placing a political solution to the Palestinian problem in the hands of the Arabs

Seizing this rare opportunity should not be missed

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About the Author

David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation 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 www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.