Democratic Palestine : 20 (ص 18)
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The Israeli-Jordanian Di
Under the guise of ‘improving the quality of life’, ‘Israel’? and Jordan are dividing functions between them
in order to impose their joint rule on the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Democratic Palestine no.
19, we printed an article about the conception and intentions of this plan. Since then, the Israeli and Jor-
danian preparations for this plan have entered the stage of implementation, which is the subject of the
article below.
It is difficult to list all the measures
that have been taken by the Jordanian
and Israeli governments in preparation
for imposing the division of functions
plan. In this article we will attempt to
list the most recent steps that affect all
aspects of the life of our masses in the
occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.
From the Jordanian side,these steps are
being enacted in the framework of an
economic development plan. The real
intent of this plan is to reduce the poli-
tical status of Palestinians in the West
Bank to that of Palestinians in Jordan,
i.e., subordinated to the monarchy and
its policies. Far from improving the
quality of life for our masses, the
Israeli-Jordanian coordination aims to
negate the role of the PLO and in
general the Palestinian struggle for
liberation, self-determination and an
independent state.
NEW GROUP OF STOOGES
In coordination with the Zionist
authorities, the Jordanian regime has
selected some of its supporters in the
West Bank and Gaza Strip, to form a
preparatory committee for the so-called
Jordanian-Palestinian Gathering in the
occupied territories, in order to market
the Jordanian schemes among our
masses. In September, the preparatory
committee of this new Jordanian-
backed organization distributed its
third statement, setting out the «poli-
tical principles for bringing together the
masses in the occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip». On September 15th, the
Jordanian daily, Al Ra’i, published the
text of the statement that was entitled
«Holy Unity Brings Together the Jor-
danian and Palestinian Peoples.»
The statement claimed that «wide-
spread support» for the gathering
had encouraged the preparatory
committe to expand, in order to include
representatives of all sectors of the
people and all cities and villages of the
West Bank and Gaza Strip. The state-
ment stressed that: «National unity
between the Jordanian and Palestinian
peoples is a holy unity that represents
the aims and aspirations of our Arab
nation on the road to achieving the
whole Arab unity,» and «The coordi-
nation between the PLO and Jordan is
a national duty, due to the fact that the
two peoples have the same aim and the
same destiny.» In addition, the state-
ment called on all parties to recognize
all UN resolutions concerning the
Palestinian cause, including resolution
18
242. The statement called for imple-
menting these resolutions through an
international peace conference,
attended by all parties concerned and
by the permanent members of the
security council-in short, all the dema-
gogy used by the Jordanian regime to
cover its moves towards direct negotia-
tions with the Zionist enemy, cutting
out any independent Palestinian repre-
sentation.
This gathering is headed by Adnan
Abu Oudeh, former Jordanian
minister. It also includes members of
the Jordanian parliament, right-wing
Palestinian mayors such as Freij and
Shawwa, Mustafa Doudeen of the
defunct village leagues, and Othman Al
Hallag and Isam Al Anani of the newly
established pro-Jordanian Al Nahar
newspaper in Jerusalem. The gathering
also enjoys the support of the renegade,
Abu Zaim, who led the pro-Jordan split
in Fatah. Abu Zaim is now seeking to
form a Palestinian party in Jordan, in
coordination with the Jordanian intel-
ligence. The Jordanian regime has
given full authority to Abu Zaim to
maneuver within the Palestinian
communities in Jordan. There he
spreads his propaganda, agitating
people to cease the armed struggle and
revert to politics which, according to
him, only King Hussein has mastered.
TURNING PALESTINIANS
INTO ‘JORDANIANS’
Along the same lines, the Jordanian
government has granted temporary
passports to Gazans residing in Jordan.
The Septmeber 16th issue of the Jor-
danian daily, Al Dustour, quoted a
Jordanian official as saying that a joint
committee, composed of officials from
the Ministry of Interior and the
Ministry of the Occupied Territories
Affairs, is finalizing procedures for
issuing the passports. The official said
that this decision is an extension of the
decision to allow Gazans to own real
estate in Jordan. Another decision was
taken by the Jordanian government
recently, allowing the residents of the
Palestinian camps in Jordan to buy the
houses they are living in. This decision
has already been implemented in both
Al Wehdat and Al Hussein camps. It is
obvious that such a decision is aimed at
gradually eliminating the Palestinian
camps in preparation for achieving the
US-Israeli wish to eliminate the
UNRWA.
On October 9th, the Kuwaiti daily,
Al Watan, reported that reliable
Palestinian sources have revealed that
the Israeli authorities recently allowed
some Palestinian personalities (former
or present members of the Jordanian
parliament, who are residing in the
West Bank), to cross the bridges to and
from Jordan in their own vehicles. The
same sources said that the Israeli
authorities are also in the process of
issuing special passes to all taxi drivers
that take passengers to Jordan, in order
to facilitate the process of travel from
the West Bank to Jordan.
CAIRO—AMMAN BANK
On October 2nd, high level Israeli
sources revealed that ‘Israel’ and
Jordan had held direct, secret negotia-
tions in London. In September, offi-
cials from both the Israeli and Jorda-
nian central banks, and Shimon Peres’
aide, participated in negotiations. A
memorandum of understanding was
drawn up and signed, regarding joint
supervision of the reopening of the
Cairo-Amman Bank’s branch in the
West Bank, for the first time after 19
years of occupation. The sources said
that this was the first written agreement
between Jordan and ‘Israel’ since the
official state of war was declared in
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