Comment: The downfall of the 'Jordanian option'

How one politician's ambitions have worked against what many right-wing Israelis see as a viable future solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Palestinians demonstrate in the Old City of Jerusalem, 1937

Palestinians demonstrate in the Old City of Jerusalem, 1937

(photo credit: AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE)

ByTAL SCHNEIDER/GLOBES

OCTOBER 8, 2017 17:09

Updated: OCTOBER 8, 2017 22:50

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