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Biden recklessly pursues Friedman’s failed two-state solution

By David Singer - posted Wednesday, 29 November 2023

All I could do thereafter was cop it on the chin.

So I began writing articles on how dangerous an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan would be for Israel - that there was no need for a second Arab state – in addition to Jordan – in former Palestine.

Imagine my surprise when my 1980 Jordan is Palestine solution – on steroids - was miraculously resurrected on 8 June 2022 with the publication in Saudi Arabia of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) – authored by an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) – calling for the merger of Gaza, part of the West Bank and Jordan into one territorial entity.

HKOPS trashed the 2002 Friedman/Saudi /Arab League plan and its United Nations 2016 resuscitator.

I wrote to Friedman on 30 August 2022 requesting he write an article about HKOPS.

He refused.

I sent Friedman my article dated 5 December 2022 which queried:

Why has the NYT not informed its readers of the Saudi Plan – which also offers Israel sole sovereignty in Jerusalem and in part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank)? If that's not front- page news – what is?

No response.

President Biden – the road to peace after the Israel-Gaza War involves you:

Jettisoning Friedman's failed two-state solution
Personally embracing HKOPS
Securing MBS, Arab League and UN endorsements to implement HKOPS
Moving to rescind Security Council Resolution 2334.

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The author has a Facebook page: "Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine supporters"

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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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.