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Source: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=289948
PLO Leader Calls for "Return" of West Bank to Jordan
(Jerusalem Post) Khaled Abu Toameh - Farouk Kaddoumi, a veteran PLO official based in Tunisia, called on Wednesday for "returning" the West Bank to Jordan. Kaddoumi told Al-Quds Al-Arabi that he supported the idea of a federation or confederation between the West Bank and Jordan. He also scoffed at Abbas' renewed statehood bid at the UN, saying the PLO had obtained membership in 1974. In addition, he noted that the UN had recognized the Palestinian state declared by Yasser Arafat in 1988. "By going back to the UN, Abbas is falsely creating the impression that he is making achievements that were already achieved," he said.