Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would violate its peace treaty with Jordan, heaping pressure on Amman to review its ties with the Jewish state, analysts say
Jordan's PM has said annexing parts of the West Bank will force the country"to review all aspects of our relations with Israel."
But opinion polls have repeatedly shown that the 1994 treaty — signed one year after Oslo peace accords between Israel and the Palestinians — is overwhelmingly opposed by Jordanians. "Jordan must send a decisive message to Israel and the Americans that says if you take that path we will cancel the peace treaty," said Oraib Rintawi of the Al-Quds Centre for Political Studies.
Sandwiched between Israel and Jordan, the West Bank — including east Jerusalem — had been under Jordanian administration until Israel occupied it in the 1967 Six-Day War. King Abdullah shares that view and has repeatedly said there can be no alternative to a Palestinian state and no permanent settlement of Palestinian refugees in Arab host countries.
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