Is it possible that despite the growing international acceptance of a two-state solution, the Palestinians must look forward to a stateless future, divided between Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, the refugee camps in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, and the diaspora beyond?
If so, their struggle for self-determination will be fragmented but relentless, Jordan could implode and Israel will enjoy no peace. Any attempt to ‘transfer’ the Palestinian population of the West Bank to the east would simply turn Jordan into a maelstrom on Israel’s doorstep and lose Israel its defenders and supporters around the world.
