Shaarona, et al,
There is, without question, a note of sadness here. It is the shadow of xenophobia, in which the indigenous population, spoken off the tongue of second son to Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca and King of the Hejaz, himself a foreigner to the region.
It was not so long ago (5 November 2013, GA/SHC/4085), some six and a half decades later, that the worries and concepts expressed by HM King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, were still being discussed in open forum, as fresh as if they were new today.
HM the King (Abdullah I) knew then, that all peoples have the right to self-determination; a freedom to determine their political status and pursue their economic, social and cultural development. But HM also knew that it runs head-long into the need to elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, that obstruct the right of self-determination. In many ways, HM was a man before his time; a man who would feel the pain of immigration, yet know it was wrong to resist the winds of change.
(COMMENT)When British armies entered the country during the last war (WW1), they found 500,000 Arabs and only 65,000 Jews.
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In 1932, the year before Hitler came to power, only 9,500 Jews came to Palestine. We did not welcome them, but we were not afraid that, at that rate, our solid Arab majority would ever be in danger.
But the next yearthe year of Hitlerit jumped to 30,000! In 1934 it was 42,000! In 1935 it reached 61,000!
It was no longer the orderly arrival of idealist Zionists. Rather, all Europe was pouring its frightened Jews upon us. Then, at last, we, too, became frightened. We knew that unless this enormous influx stopped, we were, as Arabs, doomed in our Palestine homeland. And we have not changed our minds.
King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951) 11/1947
In the case of the Palestinian and the State thereof; they know it as well, saying: The right to self-determination belongs to all, and doesnt come after negotiations. Presumably they understand that this would also include the Israelis as well.
When we talk about the right of self-determination, it must be set in the frames for which the actors operated, and the environment for which the actors were immersed. For instance, in the 20 years (1947 to 1967) following the outbreak of hostilities, when the territory we now call the State of Palestine had been under Arab control (the West Bank Annexed by Jordan and the Gaza Strip Occupied by Egypt), the Palestinian made absolutely no attempt at the establishment of a Palestinian State.
If that is the key (total Arab Dominance), then doesn't it only make sense that the Palestinian dissolve the current State and reconsider relinquishing their sovereignty back to these States (Egypt & Jordan)? That would bring immediate peace to the region under the current treaties.
Most Respectfully,
R
He suffered wild temper tantrums and mental illness. When he declared himself Caliph, he was chased off the Arabian peninsula within weeks.


