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Trump & Bin Salman: opt for the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine

By David Singer - posted Friday, 4 July 2025

Shihabi's call for international recognition of the State of Palestine is destined to go nowhere – as Israel's Knesset made clear on 19 July 2024:

The Knesset of Israel firmly opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state west of Jordan. The establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the Land of Israel will pose an existential danger to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region...

A report suggesting Israel will declare its willingness for future Palestinian conflict resolution under the "two states" concept - contingent upon Palestinian Authority reforms – seems to be fake news - given the Knesset's above stance.

HKOPS has never been expressly rejected by Jordan, Hamas or the PLO.

HKOPS (minus Gaza) can be achieved by redrawing the international border between Israel and Jordan in direct negotiations starting tomorrow.

Trump should be asking Shihabi and Bin Salman the following questions:

Was HKOPS actually Bin Salman's idea - as well as having Shihabi author it?
Why did Shihabi dump HKOPS on 17 June?
Has Shihabi's view changed again since America attacked Iran on 22 June?

Two very different solutions have been presented by Shihabi.

Trump and Bin Salman should opt for Israel and Jordan negotiating to implement HKOPS.

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Author's note: The cartoon was drawn in 2023 by Yaakov Kirschen aka "Dry Bones"- one of Israel's foremost political and social commentators – who passed away on 14 April 2025 and whose cartoons graced the columns of Israeli and international media publications for decades.

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About the Author

David Singer is an Australian Lawyer, a Foundation Member of the International Analyst Network and Convenor of Jordan is Palestine International - an organisation calling for sovereignty of the West Bank and Gaza to be allocated between Israel and Jordan as the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine. Previous articles written by him can be found at www.jordanispalestine.blogspot.com.