Abstract: The congress of Jericho ipso facto altered neither Abdallah's official nor his practical position vis-à-vis Arab Palestine. De facto annexation had begun in May 1948 when the Arab Legion took over the territory of Arab Palestine; de jure incorporation of that territory into his kingdom was still some sixteen months ahead. Together with the endorsement of its resolutions by the Transjordanian authorities, the congress constituted a change merely on the declarative level. It became a landmark in Abdallah's Palestinian policy only in the sense that it precipitated and to some extent lent legitimacy to the practice that had existed since May 1948 of 'creeping annexation'.1
Publication Year: 1996
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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