Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine offers Gazans hope post-war

Jordan's King Abdullah and PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas have not voiced their opposition to HKOPS in the 18 months since its publication.

King Abdullah recently referred to Gaza and the West Bank as "an extension of a unified Palestinian state."

Israel however will never allow Gaza to form part of any such unified Palestinian state after the horrific events of October 7.

King Abdullah will be relieved.

Israel won't be withdrawing from Gaza for a considerable period of time after the Israel-Gaza war has ended – if ever - having seen:

• Tens of thousands of missiles fired indiscriminately into Israeli population centers from Gaza following Israel's total disengagement from Gaza in 2005 and
• Gaza being turned into a heavily fortified and armed hell-hole by its Hamas Government

Where does that leave Gaza's population post-war?

HKOPS provides the answer:

The Palestinian problem can only be solved today if it is redefined. The issue in this day and age for people should be not so much the ownership of ancestral land but more the critical need to have a legal identity-a globally respected citizenship that allows a person to operate in the modern world. Labor in this day and age is mobile and having citizenship in a country that facilitates such mobility is critical to human development.

Citizenship and voluntary resettlement of Gazans in the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine is the alternative choice HKOPS offers Gazans - rather than continuing to live in Gaza stateless and under Israeli occupation.

Implementing HKOPS - excluding Gaza - will involve Israel and Jordan:

• Redrawing the existing international border between their two countries
• Determining who has security control of the territory of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine located west of the Jordan River
• Agreeing a timetable for the voluntary resettlement of Gazans in the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine.