On Jordan

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In his book "The Emergence of the Middle East 1914-1924 page 404, the world renowned scholar Dr. Howard M. Sachar mentions one of the late King Abdullah's declarations in this respect.
"He (God) granted me success in creating the Government of Transjordan by having it separated from the Balfour Declaration which had included it since the Sykes-Picot Agreement assigned to the British Zone of influence."

The late King Hussein of Jordan in his book 'Uneasy Lies the Head'. Page 118 writes.
"Palestine and Transjordan were both by then under the British Mandate, but as my grandfather (Abdullah) pointed out in his memoirs, they were hardly considered as separate countries, Transjordan being to the East of the river Jordan, it formed, in a sense, the interior of Palestine".

Sir Alec Kirkbride who was the advisor, confident, and for thirty years the friend of the late King Abdullah of Transjordan, states in his book 'A Crackle of thorns' page 19. "While all of this was going on, a Mandate over Palestine, a geographical term which included Transjordan also, was granted to Great Britain in July 1920."

Further he mentions.
"There was no intention at that stage of forming the Territory East of the river Jordan into an Independent Arab State."

Art. 25 of the 'Mandate for Palestine' describe the status of Jordan even better.
"in the territories lying between the Jordan (river) and the Eastern boundaries of Palestine."

The following statements by Jordan leaders and P.L.O. executives enhance the veracity of the above documentation.
"Palestine is Jordan and Jordan is Palestine; there is one people and one land, with one history and the same fate." (Prince Hassan, brother of the late king Hussein of Jordan and uncle of the Present King Abdullah II, addressing the Jordanian Assembly, 1970.)

Another. "Jordanians and Palestinians are considered by the P.L.O. as one people."
(Farouk Kaddoumi, head of the P.L.O. Political Dept. 1977).

Still another.
"The Palestinians and the Jordanians do not belong to different nationalities. They hold same Jordanian passport, are Arabs and have the same culture."
(Abdul Hamid-Sharaf, Prime Minister of Jordan, 1980.)