Israel set to uncork Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine genie at UN
Israel is readying to uncork the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine genie at the United Nations – ending UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Process Torr Wennesland’s’ efforts to keep the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution (Saudi Solution) from being discussed as a replacement for the failed UN 20 years-old two-state solution.
The Saudi Solution was published on 8 June 2022 in the Saudi Government-controlled Al Arabiya News. Its author – Ali Shihabi – advises Saudi Arabia’s King-designate, Crown Prince and Prime Minister – Mohammed Bin Salman – on the development of Neom – a new $500 billion mega city the size of Israel.
The Saudi Solution calls for the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) into one territorial entity to be called The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – having its capital in Amman – not Jerusalem.
It supersedes the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative -spawned by Saudi Arabia and embraced by the UN – which calls for:
“the establishment of a sovereign independent Palestinian state on the Palestinian territories occupied since June 4, 1967, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
The UN stands to become totally irrelevant if it continues to refuse to discuss the Saudi Solution following Danny Danon – Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations – claiming at the first Abraham Accords Global Leadership Summit – that Saudi Arabia may be one of the next nations to normalise relations with Israel.
Danon stated:
“We have been in contact with the Saudis for years. I worked personally with them at the United Nations on matters of regional stability and security. It’s just a matter of time before courageous leaders step out of the shadows and full peace is achieved between all the children of Abraham. .. I expect we’ll see an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia this year”
This was good news for those seeking an end to the 100 years-old Jewish/Arab conflict – but bad news for the UN, which continues to stubbornly support the two-state solution whilst refusing to even acknowledge the existence of the game-changing Saudi Solution since its publication six months ago.
It beggars belief that on 30 November, the UN General Assembly adopted five resolutions on the questions of Palestine and the Middle East without one speaker uttering the words. “Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine Solution” – whose successful implementation would see the Arab populations in Gaza, part of the West Bank and the wretched UNRWA camps in Lebanon and Syria becoming citizens of that newly-created territorial entity.
Cheikh Niang (Senegal) – Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People – introduced its annual report containing developments relating to the question of Palestine between 1 September 2021 and 31 August 2022 – which contained not one reference to the Saudi Solution in its 27 pages.
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Bibi Netanyahu has made his intentions crystal-clear:
“I think the big prize is peace with Saudi Arabia, which I intend to achieve if I go back into office… The rise of Israeli power facilitated the Abraham Accords, and the continual nurturing of Israeli power will also nurture a broader peace with Saudi Arabia and nearly all of the rest of the Arab world. I intend to bring the Arab-Israeli conflict to a close.”
The 2022 Saudi Solution offers Israel:
- sole sovereignty in Jerusalem,
- sovereignty in part of Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and
- abandonment of the 74 years-old Arab claim to return to Israel
The UN must respond to the hope of peace offered by the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine genie.
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Author’s note: The cartoon — commissioned exclusively for this article — is by Yaakov Kirschen aka “Dry Bones”- one of Israel’s foremost political and social commentators — whose cartoons have graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.
Paul – What you conveniently omit to tell J Wire readers is that those posting comments on Arutz Sheva all relate to only one aspect of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution – the division of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria between Israel and the newly-created entity of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
These comments are made by people (all anonymous) who do not want to see Israel ceding sovereignty in one square inch of Judea and Samaria – despite these huge concessions being offered by the Saudi Solution to Israel:
1. Sole sovereignty in Jerusalem
2. Sovereignty in part of Judea and Samaria – at least 30% if not more in my estimation
3. Abandonment of Arab claims to the right of return to live in Israel
4. Trashing of the UN Plan to create an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan with its capital in Jerusalem
5. The complete collapse of the “conflict industry” – the media, UN, UNRWA, UNHRC and NGO’s such as the New Israel Fund, Breaking the Silence and Adallah – once the Arab populations of Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and the Palestinian Arabs living in refugee camps in Syria and Lebanon become citizens of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine.
6. Recognition of Israel – grudgingly – but yes recognition.
What you also don’t tell J Wire readers is that you have frequently joined those making derisive comments on Arutz Sheva with nothing better from yourself to offer other than supporting giving up any claims to sovereignty in any part of Judea and Samaria.
Certainly there are persons of far greater influence than you who would be more interested in the 6 Saudi concessions than getting sovereignty in all of Judea and Samaria – Netanyahu and Gantz – who accepted the 2020 Trump Plan offering Israel 30% of Judea and Samaria.
Perhaps you might now care to tell J Wire readers why you maintain your intransigent stance – given the above 6 concessions that are being offered?
Ho hum. Still pushing the plan which has the support of one person: the pusher. The view is thoroughly derided whenever it surfaces on Arutz Sheva.