Transfer As a Solution

Tourism Minister Benny Elon has a plan to solve the Palestinian terrorism issue.

Tourism Minister Benny Elon... has long proposed that if the goal is a two-state solution, then the Palestinian state already exists---in Jordan. He avers that the Road Map is merely a rehashing of the "unworkable and dangerous" goal of "trying to seat two peoples on the western side of the Jordan River." Elon's plan, which can be seen at [sic], comprises the following points:

The Palestinian Authority will be dissolved;

Israel will put a firm end to Palestinian terrorism by expelling terrorists, collecting weapons, and dismantling terror-hotbed refugee camps;

The international community will recognize the Hashemite Kingdom as the sole representative of the Palestinians, and will help it economically as it absorbs a limited number of refugees;

Israel will become sovereign over Judea, Samaria and Gaza, and the Arabs living there will be Jordanian citizens living under a form of autonomy yet to be determined;

The exchange of Jewish and Arab populations begun in 1948 will be completed, and the international community will help rehabilitate the refugees in their new countries;

Israel and Jordan-Palestine will declare the conflict ended and will work together as neighbors.

Another interesting plan comes from Uzi Cohen, Deputy Mayor of Raanana.

Uzi Cohen, the Deputy Mayor of Raanana and a leading member of the Likud Central Committee, is pushing an initiative to transfer Yesha's Arabs to a relatively empty area in western Jordan. He told Arutz-7 this week about the plan that he presented at the Likud Convention this past Monday night: "There's an area there of about one million dunams [1,000 square kilometers, approx. 10% of the size of Lebanon, and 40% of Luxembourg]. A new state will be established there for the Arabs of Yesha: the Saudis will pay for it, the Americans will build it, and we will plan it, and just like with Israel, little by little all of them would stream into the new state and build it up. Jordan, too, has a problem with Palestinian refugees, which is getting worse and worse. This solution will solve Jordan's problem as well. Once the new state is built and successful, there will be a voluntary emigration to it." Reminded that the Arabs might not agree, Cohen said, "None of the other plans are practical. This plan is in their own interest."