Andrew Breitbart's website Big Peace posted a story yesterday about an attempt at tolerance in the Middle East. I'm sure most of us are in favor of tolerance in general, but this tolerance had a twist. Jordan's Queen Rania has written a children's book called "The Sandwich Swap."
According to the article at Big Peace:
"The book uses lunch sandwiches (one peanut butter and jelly, the other pita bread and hummus) as a metaphor for the differences between two friends from different cultures. The Book touches on such issues as getting to know others, openness and multiculturalism."
The article further states:
"According to a report by the liberal Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz, Jordan's Queen Kumbaya Rania has refused all offers to have her book published in Hebrew for distribution in Israel. Keep in mind that Jordan is one of two Arab states that has signed a peace treaty with Israel (the other is Egypt)."
Jeff Dunetz, who wrote the article at Big Peace, believes that the only reason Jordan signed a peace treaty with Israel is fear of the Palestinian Arabs.
The article points out the history of Jordan and the Palestinians (the land that is now Jordan was taken from the original land promised to Israel in 1917 and given to the Arabs as a Palestinian state. Unfortunately, that is not what it has become.)
According to the article:
"Abdullah (Abdullah II, the Jordanian King) rejects the Palestinians living in his country because Jordan is a Palestinian state. Palestinian Arabs are estimated to be between 50-75% of the Jordanian Population. The ruling monarchy of Jordan is not Palestinian Arab and constantly needs to guard its power. That is why Jordan has kept the Palestinian Arab refugees in a ghetto since 1948. It is also why even to this day, Jordan refuses to give the Palestinian Arabs citizenship or allow them to be integrated into Jordanian society. Don't forget, until 1967 the West Bank of the Jordan River was part of Jordan, so the country used to be an even greater percentage Palestinian Arab. When the terrorist Arafat was getting too powerful, the Jordanian Army acting on the orders of the Abdullah's father, King Hussein, massacred thousands of Palestinian Arabs to get them out of the country."
The problem of Palestine was created by the Arabs--not the Jews. There never was a state of Palestine until Transjordan was established. The lack of a Palestinian state has nothing to do with Israel--it has to do with Arabs mistreating Arabs. However, as long as anti-Semitism is major part of Arab thinking, there will not be peace in the Middle East.
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