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You haven't addressed WHY Egypt or Jordan would take the problems back from Israel
Reader comment on item: Explaining Israel's Strategic Mistakes
Submitted by Charles Martel (United States), Jan 28, 2009 at 10:15
Taking the West Bank back would be an existential threat to the Hashemites, and Egypt has no incentive to take back Gaza, even though they could survive doing so.
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