Peloni: In his final months, Ted repeatedly made mention of the import of the below article as well as that of “The Genesis of the Jordan Option and “Confederation with Jordan”. Of course, it was a great tragedy that the Jordan Option was passed over by Trump in his first term. So much good could have come from directly addressing the problem between the Palestinians and their Israeli neighbors which respected both the dignity of these former Jordanian citizens as well as the reality that they had been well weaponized to do what we saw come to be on October 7. Indeed, even now, the Palestinians are held as a stateless people, with no public recollection of Jordan’s true obligation to their former subjects who were cast aside in an effort to weaponize them against Israel, which took full effect with the support and funding of the international community under the guise of humanitarian aid and assistance via the terror complicit and Hamas allied UNRWA. Of course, we are no longer in Trump’s first term, but his second term, and the terrible evidence of October 7 is quite clear and too fresh to ignore, as Trump has repeatedly acknowledged is still being attempted. In his final months, Ted had every expectation of the Jordan Option becoming operational, but he succumbed to his illness before the most important project of his life could come to ground. In the aftermath of his death, it would be a fitting tribute to see the value of his efforts acknowledged with the full implementation of this project which he held so dear, with the abandonment of the Hashemites and the creation of a govt willing to deal with Israel as an ally and without the constant acts of betrayal which have been the most enduring mark of what the Hashemites are best capable of achieving. I hope to see the eventuality of the Jordan Option come to fruition in the coming months, and to finally have the two sides of the Jordan River acknowledge the historic rights and ancestral ties with which the Jews have had with these lands over the past three millennia. The Jordan Option truly is the only path by which peace might ultimately be achieve, now or ever.
By Ted Belman (Feb 13/19)
While most people are patiently waiting for Pres Trump to table his Peace Plan, otherwise known as the Deal of the Century, I have been preparing a Memo to Kushner in which I challenge two points covered in Did Liberman reveal Trump’s peace plan? Yes.
1. Don’t recommend that Gaza become sovereign Palestinian territory. Instead, propose that Gaza be treated as another Area A leaving it to Israel to work together with Egypt and Jordan to find a solution.
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Given the Qataris’ history of double-dealing with the West, negotiating lucrative contracts with Western firms while at the same time funding Islamist terror groups, US President Donald Trump would be well-advised to reconsider their gift of a $400 million luxury jet and reject this highly questionable offer. Pictured: The Boeing 747 that Qatar intends to give as a gift to Trump sits in Palm Beach International Airport on February 15, 2025. (Photo by The White House from Washington, DC – President Trump Meets with the Amir of Qatar, 
Israel, Ma’ale Adumim, view from Kfar Adumim (Photo by Yiftachsam – Own work, 
