Planning for the worse case scenario always has it drawbacks; it appears that the IDF is looking at reacting to a confined situation within the West bank. This whole thing is organized by more than the Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza. Israel must take into consideration the fact that Hizbullah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, Syria and elements within Jordan will be active on that day; Egypt may also be a problem. We all know we should plan, but when the actual event takes place planning never seems to have envisioned what takes place. The thing to watch out for is the timing of the UN push and the Mosques as they let out on Friday; that is going to be the deciding factors. Oh I would close Jerusalem to all Arabs from the West Bank on that day.

The territory we call the West Bank today was once part of Jordan until the 1967 6 Day war. Jordan lost, but all the Arabs in that territory still had Jordanian citizenship. Actually Abbas and all the PA leadership still carry passports issued by Jordan.