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Where is the evidence of this claim?
Recently a poster made this claim "Jordan threatened to walk out on the peace talks if Israel insisted that Jordan take the West Bank!"
Now I'm unaware of any such claim Jordan made, in fact Israel threatened to walk out of the Madrid peace talks if Jordan didn't speak for the Palestinians (refusing to talk directly to the Palestinian negotiation) and take down the Palestinian flag at the negotiation table- but I'm unaware that Israel INSISTED Jordan resume control of the West Bank at any time.
I'ld surely like to know more of this "claim".
@thank you shay, In other words, in your opinion, the poster is incorrect in his claim that "Jordan threatened to walk out on the peace talks if Israel insisted that Jordan take the West Bank!"
You know, I may be passionate about my beliefs, but I know a bit about the history here, and I've never heard this claim before. It would be pretty conceited of me to call this poster a liar however, and I learn new things everyday so I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Any idea where this story came from- or do you think it's pure fabrication on the part of the poster?
Ibid- thank you for the link shay- after checking the sources the link provided, I could find no evidence to back. I looks like the poster might have been misinformed and not just guilty of intellectual dishonesty.
@mad, did you not read "short and sweet's" answer "Jordan threatened to walk out on the peace talks if Israel insisted that Jordan take the West Bank!"?
@mad, did I misquote? did not "short and sweet" state "Jordan threatened to walk out on the peace talks if Israel insisted that Jordan take the West Bank!"?
3 Answers
- Anonymous9 years ago
here's original user's answer:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiZ9h...
with that context of reasons Jordan wouldn't want West Bank, shows you being less than honest for not including it.
you misquote your own quote! it's the right words. but the quote doesn't say Israel insisted Jordan control West Bank. yet you say "I'm unaware that Israel INSISTED Jordan resume control of..."
Shay's link shows history of why Jordan heavily wouldn't want West Bank in '94. so the original quote claim is possible.
edit - yes I read it. did you read the rest of it? or your own mis-claim about that quote? or my answer here that already said this?
- Shay pLv 79 years ago
Jordan Renounced Claims to West Bank, 1988,
As a result of the Six Day War in 1967, Jordan lost control of the lands west of the Jordan River, including East Jerusalem. Israel began its administration of the territories, which continues today. Jordan not only suffered heavy casualties but also lost much of its best farmland and, as well, had to cope with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled the Israelis by crossing the Jordan to the east.
In July 1988, in response to the accumulated pressures and the months of intifada demonstrations by Palestinians in the West Bank, King Hussein of Jordan ceded to the PLO all Jordanian claims to the territory. Any hopes of a Jordanian-Israeli resolution to the Palestine problem were effectively ended. He dissolved the Jordanian parliament, half of whom were West Bank representatives, and stopped paying salaries to over 20,000 West Bank civil servants. When the Palestine National Council recognized the PLO as the sole legal representative of the Palestinians, Hussein immediately gave them official recognition.
http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_jordan...
I did not read the answer you are referring to, might be the answer that person gave is based upon this .....
Regarding the Gaza....In 1979, Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt in which it returned the entire captured Sinai Peninsula, including oil reserves, to Egypt. Even though Israel also wanted to return the Gaza Strip, Egypt would not accept it.
Regarding the west bank ''''In 1994, Israel signed a peace treaty with Jordan, which also refused to take back the West Bank, despite Israel’s desire to return it.
