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From: scott@scirtp.UUCP (Scott Crenshaw)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: More of the Saga
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 16:35:43 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 10 16:35:43 1985
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> The West Bank was controlled by Jordan from 1948 until 1967.  Why wasn't a 
> separate Palestinian state formed during those nineteen years?  Because it 
> was not an issue, the Palestinian's were content to be Jordanians.  After all, 
> many people forget that Jordan _is_ Palestine.  Nearly 80 percent of what was 
> the historic land of Palestine, as defined by the League of Nations, was 
> allocated to what became Jordan.

	Also, a majority of Jordan's population is *Palestinian* .
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	   Scott Crenshaw		{akgua,decvax}!mcnc!rti-sel!scirtp
	   SCI Systems , Inc. 		Research Triangle Park, NC 

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