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Jordan Fears New Pressure to Merge with West Bank
[AFP ] Randa Habib - Jordanian officials fear renewed proposals for a merger with part of the West Bank. "To get half or less of the West Bank with all the Palestinian population would be suicide," a senior Jordanian official said. A significant proportion of Jordan's 5.8 million inhabitants are already of Palestinian origin and officials worry that the addition of the West Bank's Palestinians would fundamentally alter the population balance. "We would prefer to be at war with Israel rather than accept such a situation, which would be a security nightmare and which would in the long term cause Jordan to lose its identity," the Jordanian official said, adding that such a move would allow the Palestinians control of Jordanian politics.