The West Bank Handbook: A Political Lexicon by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781000617368
Goodreads: 52953174
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1986-10-01T00:00:00+00:00

Hussein’s Federation Plan

Basic principles of a plan to establish a United Arab Kingdom of Palestine and Jordan, announced by King Hussein, March 15, 1972. Excerpts:

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan shall become a United Arab Kingdom. Amman shall be the central capital and Jerusalem shall become the capital of the Region of Palestine. The king shall be head of state. The central legislative authority shall be vested in the king and in the National Assembly, composed of an equal number of members from each of the two regions. The kingdom shall have a single armed forces and its supreme commander shall be the king. The responsibility of the central executive power (the king and Central Council of Ministers) shall be confined to matters relating to the kingdom as a sovereign international entity. The executive power in each region shall be responsible for all its matters with the exception of such matters as the constitution requires to be the responsibility of the central executive power.

The Federation Plan was rejected by the PLO. The Jordanians view it as a basis for future Jordanian-Palestinian relations, after Israeli withdrawal. The plan is not acceptable to the PLO. Palestine National Council Algiers resolutions speak about “confederation.” The HUSSEIN-ARAFAT AGREEMENT uses the term “Arab confederation”, which, according to Palestinian sources, mean the creation of two independent and equal regions loosely united.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.