2006-12-19 04:13:35 · 9 answers · asked by dem_dogs 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Jordan controlled it because they captured it after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. This was agreed to in the 1949 armistice agreement they made with Israel.
Why would Jordan cede captured land to the Palestinians any more readily than Israel would?
Israel re-captured the West Bank in 1967, but Jordan didn't relinquish it's claim until 1988.
2006-12-19 04:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The West Bank belonged to Jordan, just like The Gaza Strip was part of Egypt. Under American arbitration these territories went to Isreral as war reperations and were only supposed to be buffer zones, ergo not part of Isreal! Palestinians were suppose to occupy it but socalled terrorist attacks led to a massive policy of deportation, and Isreali settlement.
2006-12-19 14:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by namazanyc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The West Bank was territory that the Jordanian Army occupied and held throughout the Israeli War of Independence in 1948.
2006-12-19 16:24:34 · answer #3 · answered by psyop6 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Palestine was not technically a country in 1948 when Israel was created. It was called the "Mandate of Palestine" and was governed by the British. They continue to live as refugees from the wars that followed the creation of Israel.
2006-12-19 12:22:20 · answer #4 · answered by Clawndike 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The next question is ....
Why was there no call for Jordan to create a state for "Palestinians"
2006-12-19 20:42:33 · answer #5 · answered by mo mosh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because...until the creation of Israel...none of the other Arab nations in that area cared a rat's a.ss about the Palestinians, either.
2006-12-19 12:15:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Palestine was part of Jordan until late Yasser Arafat asked late king Hussein to leave it for them 198x, and king Hussein had nothing to do but leaving it for their people to manage it and they lost it
2006-12-19 15:17:59 · answer #7 · answered by Jordanian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Palestinians" are not a legitimate country, but mainly roaming arab terrorists.
2006-12-19 12:15:56 · answer #8 · answered by Joe C 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe because palastinians had no way to defend it?
2006-12-19 12:16:04 · answer #9 · answered by Regi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋