[PEN-L:11053] Jordanian Collusion Harms Palestinians, Helps Israel, Rewarded by U.S. (fwd)

["Shawgi A. Tell" <tell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Shawgi Tell
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
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JORDANIAN COLLUSION HARMS PALESTINIANS, ENCOURAGES ISRAEL, REWARDED BY
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        	JORDANIAN COLLUSION HARMS

	     PALESTINIANS, ENCOURAGES ISRAEL

MER - Washington - 6/27/97:
   The long collusion of the Hashemite Regime in Jordan with the
Zionist movement is well-known to scholars and experts.  COLLUSION
ACROSS THE JORDAN -- a brilliant historical expose  by Professor Avi
Schlaim at Oxford University -- contains one shocking detail after
another of how the Jordanians began cooperating with the pre-Israel
Jewish immigrants to the region to undermine the Palestinians during
the crucial decades of the 30s and 40s.
   This collusion by a regime established by the British and then
kept in power by the CIA has never ended.  Rather it was simply hidden
from view and camouflaged for many years before King Hussein's
recent public agreements with the Israelis -- for which he has been
handsomely paid with American military arms, "economic assistance",
and private assurances of his protection.
   At the very time that the still weak and divided Arab League and
many demoralized Palestinians are calling for sanctions and boycotts,
the Jordanians continue to race ahead with economic, political, and
military deals with the Israelis.  This contemporary collusion has
even included visits by the notorious Arlel Sharon to Jordan during
recent months, including meetings with the King, Crown Prince,
and senior military persons.   One can imagine of course the kinds
of things being discussed and the kinds of plots being hatched.  And
indeed Sharon has these "successes" to catapult himself to greater
power in Israel in recent days.
   Jordan's most recent dealings with Israel -- other than the
growing behind-the-scenes intelligence and military cooperation --
have to do with joint tourism and railroad projects which the
Israelis are very eager to pursue.
  And on the political front the Jordanians continue to insist on
interfering with the Palestinians on many matters relating to the
occupied territories and Jerusalem.  Just in the past few days a
top level Jordanian delegation has arrived in Israel to "mediate"
between Christian and Moslem groups over the Hanka Mosque.
Unable to get even the terribly compromised and corrupt
"Palestinian Authority" to do want it wants in Jerusalem, the
Israelis have turned to the Jordanians and are once again using
them to further their goals in Jerusalem.
   Meanwhile, press restrictions have been significantly escalated
by the Hashemite Regime since the public Israeli-Jordanian peace
treat in order to minimize public awareness and discussion of the
magnitude of Jordanian cooperation with Israel.  In short, its a
most despicable situation.

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