Trump promotes Jordan, downgrades PLO and defunds UNRWA

Foreign Minister Safadi pointedly remarked:

We’ll continue to work with this current administration [to resolve the conflict] because we believe in the key role of the United States in delivering that peace. We cannot give up. It is a difficult situation. The challenge is not to make it worse and to find a way of moving forward. If we do not have the two-state solution, then I think we’re looking at a longer period of conflict that would only play into the hands of the spoilers and radicals who want to exploit the suffering and despair of people to spread their agenda of hate.

Jordan’s position starkly contrasts with the PLO which will not accept  America’s pivotal role.

Any negotiated two-state solution involving the creation of another Arab State between Israel and Jordan for the first time in recorded history  was rejected by the Arabs in 1947 - could have been created at any time by the Arab League between 1948 and 1967 - and  was again rejected by the PLO  in 2000/1 and 2008.

Jordan - comprising 78% of former Palestine - has now signalled its readiness to move forward with Trump on achieving his “ultimate deal”. Trump’s latest funding commitment to Jordan guarantees Jordan’s co-operation for the next five years.

The PLO’s anti-America stance continues to test Trump’s patience.