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This article is regrettably full of mis-statements of facts and omissions far too numerous to deal with.
Just a few:
1. It was the British forces in the Sinai and Palestine campaign that led to the liberation of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire.
2. The Emirate of Transjordan was created by the British after Abdullah was installed as Emir 4 months after he arrived in Ma’an with 300 armed men – to induce him to not travel to Syria to help his brother Feisal in his struggle against the French in their efforts to remove Feisal from power.
3. Britain assumed control of Palestine in 1920 – not 1922. A lot happened in those two years that is not mentioned.
4. There was not one Mandate but three separate Mandates – the Mandates for Syria and Lebanon, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
5. In May 1946, the Emirate – on being granted independence by the British – was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan – not the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as claimed.
6. No mention is made of the unification of Transjordan and the West Bank of the Jordan River in 1950 and the renaming of the new territorial entity as “Jordan” – after Transjordan had invaded Palestine in 1948 – nor the granting of Jordanian citizenship to the Arab residents of the West Bank from 1950 until 1988.
6. The Mandate for Palestine covered the territory today called “Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza” – not “Israel, Palestine and Jordan” as claimed.
Jordan – 78% of the territory comprised in the Mandate for Palestine – needs to acknowledge its responsibility to help end the Jewish-Arab conflict of which it has been an integral part since 1920. Negotiations between Jordan and Israel – the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine – on the allocation of future sovereignty in the West Bank and Gaza between their two respective States – remains the key to ending the Jewish-Arab conflict. Attempting to create a second Arab State between Israel and Jordan in the territory of the Mandate has proved – and will continue to prove – a recipe for disaster.
This article is regrettably full of mis-statements of facts and omissions far too numerous to deal with.
Just a few:
1. It was the British forces in the Sinai and Palestine campaign that led to the liberation of Palestine from the Ottoman Empire.
2. The Emirate of Transjordan was created by the British after Abdullah was installed as Emir 4 months after he arrived in Ma’an with 300 armed men – to induce him to not travel to Syria to help his brother Feisal in his struggle against the French in their efforts to remove Feisal from power.
3. Britain assumed control of Palestine in 1920 – not 1922. A lot happened in those two years that is not mentioned.
4. There was not one Mandate but three separate Mandates – the Mandates for Syria and Lebanon, Mesopotamia and Palestine.
5. In May 1946, the Emirate – on being granted independence by the British – was renamed the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan – not the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as claimed.
6. No mention is made of the unification of Transjordan and the West Bank of the Jordan River in 1950 and the renaming of the new territorial entity as “Jordan” – after Transjordan had invaded Palestine in 1948 – nor the granting of Jordanian citizenship to the Arab residents of the West Bank from 1950 until 1988.
6. The Mandate for Palestine covered the territory today called “Israel, Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza” – not “Israel, Palestine and Jordan” as claimed.
Jordan – 78% of the territory comprised in the Mandate for Palestine – needs to acknowledge its responsibility to help end the Jewish-Arab conflict of which it has been an integral part since 1920. Negotiations between Jordan and Israel – the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine – on the allocation of future sovereignty in the West Bank and Gaza between their two respective States – remains the key to ending the Jewish-Arab conflict. Attempting to create a second Arab State between Israel and Jordan in the territory of the Mandate has proved – and will continue to prove – a recipe for disaster.