We all know that the peace between Israel and Egypt is cold at best. But even the peace between Israel and Jordan, which is often held up as a model for Israeli-Arab coexistence, is a worthless scrap of paper whose success is entirely dependent the temperament of the king in Amman. Continue reading »
Entries Tagged as 'Jordan'
Peace in name only
August 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Where is the movement to free eastern Palestine?
June 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Elder of Zion has a good post regarding the fact that 100 years ago, all of what is today Israel, the Palestinian-controlled territories and Jordan was referred to (by the British and those who followed their exampe) as “Palestine” - the mythical ancient homeland of the equally mythical “Palestinian” people.
The post goes on to ask why there is no movement today to free eastern “Palestine” from Jordanian (Hashemite) occupation like the one seeking to end Israel’s control over western “Palestine” (the so-called “West Bank”).
It is a good question that has one obvious answer, and one forgotten answer. Continue reading »
Abdullah can blame Israel’s ‘fortress mentality’ on his own people
March 5th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Always the smooth talker, Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Friday said that Israel needs to choose between maintaining a “fortress mentality” and living in peaceful coexistence with its Arab neighbors.
What Middle East is Rice visiting?
October 4th, 2006 · 47 Comments
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice suggested following talks with her Saudi counterpart on Tuesday that the Arab world has come to a concensus on the need to recognize Israel’s right to exist as the Jewish state.
Either Rice is visiting a Middle East in some parallel universe, or she is severely out of touch with the will of the Arab street.
