Jordan stays out of Six day war

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Well, for one, this is highly anachronistic. The political landscape in Israel was very different 50 years ago, and while were had been and were expansionists, before 1967, the entire Israeli mainstream considered such action suicidal. It took '67's "accidental" expansion to show Israelis that they could, in fact, expand with impunity.







Israel didn't attack Jordan until the 3rd wave...which was hours after the Jordanians began attacking Israel in retaliation for the 1st wave (which had attacked Egypt)

Oops my bad, I assumed the Jordanian attacks had been later in the day the jordainians indeed started shelling at 10 am on the 5 th

Regards Hipper
 
A. Why would he even think about doing that?
B. The Hashemites desired the prestige that holding Jerusalem gave them. This is often considered to be a lot of the reason why they invaded Palestine in 1947, despite having good relations with the Zionists beforehand.

He would to it to get rid of the people who are going to kick off a civil war, and because he may have trouble holding the rebellious West Bank. Also, I think that only 3 other countries recognized Jordanian control of the West Bank, so this may be a diplomatic thing to do. Maybe try to get along with the Israelis, after they have proven that they are here to stay.
 
The Hashemites desired the prestige that holding Jerusalem gave them. This is often considered to be a lot of the reason why they invaded Palestine in 1947, despite having good relations with the Zionists beforehand.
My solution I've suggested in the past has been to split off and annex Jerusalem as an exclave directly to Jordan whilst granting increasing levels of autonomy over time and eventual independence to the Palestinians whilst agreeing air and road transit rights connecting to Jerusalem like the Western Allies had with Berlin. Retain the prestige whilst ridding yourself of the troublesome elements. That still doesn't get around the problem which is that IIRC the West Bank was the most economically developed part of Jordan at the time which would require a fairly farsighted ruler to see that it was best gotten rid of in the long-term view of things.
 
My solution I've suggested in the past has been to split off and annex Jerusalem as an exclave directly to Jordan whilst granting increasing levels of autonomy over time and eventual independence to the Palestinians whilst agreeing air and road transit rights connecting to Jerusalem like the Western Allies had with Berlin. Retain the prestige whilst ridding yourself of the troublesome elements. That still doesn't get around the problem which is that IIRC the West Bank was the most economically developed part of Jordan at the time which would require a fairly farsighted ruler to see that it was best gotten rid of in the long-term view of things.

Would it be possible for Jerusalem to be an international city? Its hard to do that with only one nation controlling it, as OTL, but is it possible with Jordan and Israel having part control each, as in this TL? If Jordan wants to get rid of troublesome elements, this is a good place, not to mention gain diplomatic prestige.
 
Would it be possible for Jerusalem to be an international city? Its hard to do that with only one nation controlling it, as OTL, but is it possible with Jordan and Israel having part control each, as in this TL? If Jordan wants to get rid of troublesome elements, this is a good place, not to mention gain diplomatic prestige.
Israel already controls part of Jerusalem - the western half. As for turning it into an international city I can't see any real advantage for the Jordanians. They gained prestige from controlling East Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque, two of the most important sites in Islam, if they agree to turn Jerusalem into an international city they lose that bonus and potentially lose even more by having given control of the sites to outsiders such as possibly the UN who will be likely seen as being controlled by westerners.
 
Yes, I know, but by then, Jordan had already commenced firing at Israel. At around 11 AM, Jordanian artillery had begun firing shells into West Jerusalem. They hit the Knesset, among other targets. So Israel's attacking the Jordanian airfields was in response to that.
You are wrong :)

During Operation Focus, the third wave of strikes at noon on the 5th of June included strikes on the Jordanian Air Force. In Jordan.

Jordan was at war it was merely a question of how the Jordanians fought back.

Cheers Hipper
 
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