Markus,
Jordan is not willing at present to reassert partial control of the West Bank and grant the Arabs living on it Jordanian citizenship; but that could change in the future. The fact that this solution is not currently available doesn’t mean Israel should commit suicide. If you’re in the U.S., then create Al Qaeda enclaves overlooking New York City and Washington and then come back to me and tell me to set up a sovereign Arab state west of the Jordan. A demilitarized, less-than-state entity–we could talk about. But that too is a nonstarter since the Palestinians and other Arabs won’t accept it. My, it looks like solutions aren’t always readily available in this world; perhaps one has to make the best of a difficult reality; exactly as Israel as now doing re. the West Bank.
