Is Jordan really Palestine? Well . . .

Sidney Zion

Transcribed from the clipping

“IS JORDAN REALLY PALESTINE? Ariel Sharon says yes. King Hussein says no. The State Department agrees with Hussein. It provides no evidence to support the king. But neither does the king… as distinct from Palestine as are Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq.”

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The question asked as a question, and answered both ways in the same column.

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"Is Jordan really Palestine? Well . . .," Houston Chronicle, 8 October 1982. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1982-020. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1982-020

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