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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran

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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (15429)6/6/2007 8:58:52 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER  Read Replies (2) of 22250
 
Re: ...Palestinians MUST take the necessary steps towards building a nation/state that is willing to live in peace with Israel.

But "Israel" is not just another country, it's a war machine --you can't "live in peace" alongside a war machine.

"Israel is not a country endowed with a military, it's a military endowed with a country." --Moshe Dayan.

Re: Bottom line, Jordan is a Palestinian state...

...RULED by a Hashemite dynasty/family that never called for dispossessing and disenfranchising Jordan's natives. Unlike the Jewish Knesset, Jordan's parliament is not exclusively made up of Hashemite kinfolks.

en.wikipedia.org
Excerpt:

Legal system and legislation

Jordan's legal system is based on Islamic law and French codes. Judicial review of legislative acts occurs in a special High Tribunal. It has not accepted compulsory International Court of Justice jurisdiction.

Legislative power rests in the bicameral National Assembly. The 110-member Chamber of Deputies, elected by universal suffrage ("one person, one vote"), to a four-year term, is subject to dissolution by the king. Nine seats are reserved for Christians, six for women, and three for Circassians and Chechens. The forty-member Senate is appointed by the king for a four-year term.
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