Dear MarkS,

Ethnically and historically, the Jordanians and the Palestinians are the same people.

The areas now considered to be Palestine are the West Bank and Gaza. Prior to the Six-Day War in 1967, the West Bank was part of Jordan and Gaza was part of Egypt. From 1948 until 1967, those Arab countries could have given those areas to the Palestinians, no questions asked. However, the Arab countries had no interest or desire to do so.

Sincerely,

Irwin Goldenberg

P.S. As to the argument that the area belongs to the Palestinians because they were displaced by the Jews, why don't you apply that argument to the United States and give it back to the Indians. Your white, European ancestors stole the country from them. Leave my ancestors out of it though, they were busy being murdered by the Czar's pogroms.