Tragedy On the West Bank

Sixteen years have passed since Israel occupied the West Bank in June 1967. If the occupation continues for another three years—and there are no visible reasons to expect its cessation—it will reach the same number of years as those of Jordanian rule (1948-67). This writer believes—and so do quite a few like him in Israel—that the end of Jordanian rule and the beginning of Israeli rule in the West Bank stopped a process of Jordanization.

In the context of history, it is difficu...