Last week, Prime Minister Netanyahu made a statement that quietly slipped beneath the global media radar.
In a message translated from Hebrew by the Government Press Office, he declared: “There will be no Palestinian state to the west of the Jordan River.”
At first glance, this seemed to be a response to the European countries that recently recognized a Palestinian state. But a closer look reveals something far more significant—Netanyahu did not say there would be no Palestinian state at all. He specifically said there would be none west of the Jordan River.
That distinction opens the door to a possibility many have long whispered about: could Jordan itself, where Palestinians already form a majority, become the recognized Palestinian state?