An op-ed by Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik (“With Gaza in ruins and Lebanon under siege, what defence remains for Israel’s actions?“, Sept. 30) was sympathetic to Hezbollah, and included the risible suggestion that the West bank rightfully belongs to Jordan.
Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel more than 40 years ago and bowed out of a conflict it knew it couldn’t win. Jordan, its West Bank still occupied by Israel, made peace in 1994.
As we noted to editors, Jordan’s occupation, from 1949-67, of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) and east Jerusalem was widely considered to be illegal. So, it never rightfully belonged to Amman. Further, in 1988, Jordan relinquished all claims to the territory.
Our complaint was upheld, and the new sentence now reads:
Egypt signed a peace treaty with Israel more than 40 years ago and bowed out of a conflict it knew it couldn’t win. Jordan relinquished its claim to the West Bank…in 1988, and made peace in 1994.
The following addendum was added:
