T. Belman. David Singer has promoted the Jordan Option for 40 years. When I came along with my unique Jordan Option Solution, we clashed. I wanted to replace the king with Mudar Zahran as President and he would have none of it. I just didn’t believe that a deal with Jordan could be negotiated. I was against Palestinian sovereignty west of the Jordan and he wanted to cede part of J&S to Jordan. He wanted to allow all Jews and Arabs to remain where they were and I favoured compensated Arab emigration. And so the differences remain.
I recently had a conversation with Mudar and we were in agreement with the following facts; 7 million Palestinians live in Jordan, 1.5 million live in the West Bank and 1.5 million live in Gaza. Thus if he became the leader of Jordan he would preside over 70% of all Palestinians. The latter two numbers were recently confirmed to me by Amb Yoram Ettinger. I am of course excluding the 2 million Arabs who live in Israel.
Instead of trying to resurrect the dead two-state solution, the UN should focus on and implement the Jordanian Option.
By David Singer, INN , Jun 28 , 2021 9:39 PM
United Nations Secretary General – Antonio Guterres – was at it again this week repeating the failed decades-old UN mantra supposed to end the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict:
“I remain committed to supporting Palestinians and Israelis to resolve the conflict and end the occupation in line with relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements in pursuit of achieving the vision of two States – Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous, viable and sovereign Palestinian State – living side by side in peace and security within secure and recognized borders, on the basis of the pre-1967 lines, with Jerusalem as the capital of both States.”
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