POLS 3260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Arab Citizens Of Israel, Syrian Nationalism, W. M. Keck Observatory

• School: York University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3260
• Professor: Saeed Rahnema

Document Summary

75% are palestinians, always been apart of negotiation and solution. Jordanian solution- palestinians should move to jordan, and part of the west. Historically, jordan as a country did not exist. The area is the site of many older civilizations such as the romans, lots of palaces exist: when ottomans took it over jordan was apart of the province (vilayat) of syria. Area became to be known as trans-jordan which was the east bank. At first it was under the control of king faiza, and he was sent to rule iraq because. 1921- abdulla was chosen as king and he was very pro-british and he was close to the zionists as well. 1946- treaty with the british was signed that made trans-jordan a constitutional monarchy (somewhat independence) After the arab-israeli was in 1949 jordan took over the west side/ west bank, all land of palestine was taken over by israelis and 2 arab countries.