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Biden & Security Council ploy sinks two-state solution

By David Singer - posted Monday, 5 August 2024

The Biden/Security Council Solution backfired badly when Israel's Knesset on 17 July voted overwhelmingly to reject the establishment of a Palestinian state.

That left a very different solution - never discussed by Biden or the Security Council since its first publication on 8 June 2022 - still available to be possibly implemented : The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution (HKOPS) - calling for the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of the West Bank into one territorial entity.

HKOPS was rejected by Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu when - addressing the US Congress on 24 July - he outlined his solution for Gaza, but pointedly made no reference to the future of Judea and Samaria (West Bank):

Following our victory, with the help of regional partners, the demilitarization and deradicalization of Gaza can also lead to a future of security, prosperity and peace. That's my vision for Gaza.

This leaves open the possibility of partially implementing HKOPS to divide sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) between Israel and Jordan by redrawing the existing international border between their two sovereign states - independently of Gaza.

Biden, the Security Council, Netanyahu and Jordan's King Abdullah should get together and try to make it happen.

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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 - whoseâ€¯cartoonsâ€¯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.