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Palestinians to get snail mail via Jordan
Roni Sofer
Published: 13.07.09, 13:57
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1. Protection
daat y ,   jerusalem   (07.13.09)
How will Israel be protected from arms and bullets being mailed thru Jordan?
2. (giggly) how about that palis and jordan.
ghostq   (07.13.09)
reality rulls, they got phones and cell phones from there in other words... palestain is jordan.
3. to #1 simple evey bullet is equall 1 minute
ghostq   (07.13.09)
of close tap, no water will make them rethink.
4. Let us hope this is a step in the direction of Jordan...
Amihai ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.13.09)
...begin to assume government responsiblity over much of the West Bank so as to enable it later to assume sovereignty over much of the territory. Let us also hope that Egypt will take similar steps with regard to the Gaza Strip until it too will incorporate the Strip into Egypt. That was the intent of UN Security Council Resolution 242 that many seem to forget about its contents.
5. UPS working in Israel does not make us part of the USA
Israeli   (07.13.09)
Its perfectly logical for the PA to use the Jordanian mail system. The late King Hussein withdrew from the illegally occupied west bank of the Jordan in 1988 because it was such a troublesome population, poor, primitive and with much lawlessness and internal strife. The re-settlement of Jews in Judea and Samaria is just a renewal of their Hebrew historical presence - there are many archeological sites pre-dating the Arab conquest. After the British fled at the demise of the Palestine Mandate Judea & Samaria were supposed to be part of the new State of Israel, but the small numbers of Jewish soldiers were not able to hold on to that territory at the time.
6. Return to sender
Richard ,   Sweden   (07.13.09)
All intenational mail destined to residents of Judea and Samaria should mention Israel as the destination country. In case it indicates "Palestine", it should be returned to the sender with the mention "No such country exists", or be thrown in the garbage.
7. For all practical purposes, West Bank and Gaza are two
Ruth   (07.13.09)
separate entities, neither one of which can sustain itself economically (they probably could not even if they were united!). Therefore, the world community should move in the direction of incorporating the Gaza Strip into Egypt and the West Bank into Jordan by way of resolving the Arab Israeli conflict.
8. First electricity now mail.....
William ,   Israel   (07.13.09)
This is a good trend. Continue building service ties between WB and Jordan and you'll soon see no reason for Pals to have a State, just to become a province of Jordan. Now if we can just do this with Gaza and Egypt, we'll be all set.
9. #6 - you are in-correct...
Erastus CoupeDeVille ,   Ong's Hat, NJ USA   (07.13.09)
according to ISO3166-1, the country code PSE (Palestinian Territory, Occupied), exists.
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