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Currently reading John Bagot Glubb's, aka. Glubb Pasha, The Story of the Arab Legion and got to wondering what if any changes might occur if Jordan had been able to successfully capture West Jerusalem and then hold it against the Israelis? I was thinking maybe either just the greater metropolitan area of Jerusalem or perhaps up to roughly half way between Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, assume that the rest of what would become the borders of the West Bank stay roughly the same. Now would the Israelis eventually agree to an armistice as in our timeline or would they sign them individually with the other countries and then keep fighting Jordan? Assuming that Jordan is able to keep control what if any changes might this prompt before the Six-Day War or analogous conflict that probably has the Israelis capturing the city and West Bank?
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