Jalal Al Husseini

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“Any plan involving the mass movement of Palestinians from Gaza would be met with fierce resistance across the Arab world. The Arab states have opposed any idea of any resettlement or de-Palestinisation of Palestine, especially the occupied Palestinian territories - which is also one of the aims of the far-right Israeli parties. And that's been one of the mainstays of the Arab states' policies since 1967 - opposition to any large-scale displacement. Since the late 70s, when the Likud won the elections and became the ruling party for the first time, they always championed this idea that eventually - and this is one of the very early claims of this movement - eventually, Jordan should be the alternative state or homeland of the Palestinians. So any large-scale displacement of Palestinians to Jordan tends to support or validate this claim - that Jordan should be the alternative state of the Palestinians.”

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Associate researcher at the French Institute for the Near East in Amman