Jordan as a Palestinian state

Submitted by J (United States), Jul 1, 2003 at 17:26

I'm still confused. How is Jordan not a "Palestinian" state? When Palestine was divided into Jordan and israel the majority of the Arabs living in the region dwelled in Jordan. If there is an actual Palestinian (which is debatable) then surely those who lived in the region when it was called Palestine are Palestinians. Then again the Jews were also called Palestinians. (Hey, Christians live in that area as well so aren't they too considered Palestinians?) Why are we rewarding some of the worst terrorists with a second state so that they can continue to wage endless wars against israel?

When the region called Palestine was divided in the fourties, a huge chunk went to the Arabs and was called Jordan (or Transjordan) Thejews who had been promised it all got a little sliver. And they were willing to settle with that. That should be the end of the debate. If you argue that the Jews were the minority (which they weren't) , fine they got a smaller chunk of land. But the Arab world will not rest till they drive all the Jews into the sea. That is the Muslim roadmap, despite whatever plans Bush might have....

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