Anonymous blue__wave 16w

But that logic doesn’t stop them from still wanting Israel so why does it not work towards Jordan?

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Anonymous blue__wave 16w

Like am I confused bc I’m tired or is there a piece of historical context outside of a failed takeover?

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Anonymous OP 16w

Probably bc they see Israel as colonizers while Jordan got their independence around the same time and are an Arab state.

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Anonymous OP 16w

But Palestinians did try to take over Jordan at one point so I don’t think your that far off

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Anonymous OP 16w

I think optics wise it would be bad if they claimed Jordan bc then it wouldn’t be Palestinians vs colonizers it would look like they’re just randomly attacking people if that makes sense. They believe they have a stronger claim over Israel.

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Anonymous blue__wave 16w

I get that I’m just surprised bc aren’t a lot of jordans (Jordanians?) ethnically Palestinian? I almost think reclaiming Jordan first could work to establish legitimacy

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Anonymous OP 16w

Yeah but that be like hitler taking over Czechoslovakia bc there’s German population there I don’t think many people would see that as legitimate. Jordan actually occupied the West Bank for period of time, I think the PA doesn’t have a military force and they are the closest to Jordan but there would be no way for them to invade bc the border is controlled by Israel.

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Anonymous blue__wave 16w

Interesting. Idk in my head all these borders are vibes based anyways so if u want ur land back get it back but like that’s not how geopolitics works so glad im not in charge

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Anonymous OP 16w

This has been a really cool conversation

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Anonymous OP 16w

I think maybe during the ottoman period they were vibes based but now a lot of people have died over them so I don’t think it’s that way anymore lol.

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Anonymous blue__wave 16w

Oh well yea I mean like they’re drawn with less tact than they’re defended with so in my head go for it 😭

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Anonymous bongo_fury 16w

Ahhh there’s the piece I was missing.

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Anonymous OP 16w

It makes more historical sense for Palestinians to try to claim Lebanon, Egypt or Syria because Palestine was included of all those territories at various points. But all this is silly because they don’t control Palestine atm

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Anonymous bongo_fury 16w

Mm so then follow up question, does Palestine not want Lebanon for any specific reason or just like nah

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Anonymous OP 16w

There isn’t a unified Palestine there the PA in the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza then there’s a bunch of Palestinian refugees that are all over the region and have been in there host countries for some time. I think Palestinian have no real chance of taking over an Arab country, mostly because they don’t border one other than Egypt. That and if they even attempted they would quickly alienate themselves and lose a lot of legitimacy.

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Anonymous blue__wave 16w

Word

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