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Well that's how it was at first... but I don't think you can go back there now. Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/12/2023 07:57:52 PM

View original postThen the West Bank becoming a part of Jordan and Gaza becoming a part of Egypt would be the best outcome. If one think about the territory that is now Jordan, Israel and the West Bank, then the Palestinians are no different than the Jordanians except for the fact that the Palestinians are stateless post 1948. By incorporating the Palestinians into Jordan/Egypt, the chance for a terrorist org to come to power is lessened and there is a better chance for greater security and peace in the region.

Back in 1949, there wasn't much of a difference between Jordanians and Palestinians - they'd been administered separately during the Mandate and prior to that were in different provinces, but they weren't separate peoples. But that's several generations ago, by now they definitely are separate... neither the Palestinians nor Jordan would want that. Especially since, as someone mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Jordan has had bad experiences with the PLO trying to take over their country, so they won't be too keen to go back to the pre-1967 situation and take on a large number of additional Palestinians.

As for Egypt, they were a separate country from the Levant for most of their history even if there were also periods that they did control it, so definitely different nations. And modern day Egypt already struggles with discontent and Islamist resistance in Sinai as it is, besides all their more general problems, it's quite understandable they wouldn't want to add another restless province on the far side of Sinai, even if the Gazans wanted that.

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