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An observant letter appeared in the LA TIMES this weekend:
One sentence in “Oregon Businessman Charged in ‘Portland Six’ Terrorist Case” (April 29) offers a perfect illustration of those Middle East problems that could defy any “road map” to lead anywhere but back into a maze. A defendant in the trial of the Portland Six is identified as a “Palestinian who was born in Nablus, Jordan.”
Two contradictions in five words: If he comes from Jordan, one would expect him to be Jordanian; and a look at the map shows that Nablus in not in Jordan. Not now. But 38 years ago, when this man was born, Jordan ruled the West Bank. Two years later Jordan lost control of Nablus to Israel in the Six-Day War. And the baby boy who lived there suddenly became “Palestinian.” Yet now, 36 years later, his American wife still speaks of Nablus, Jordan. So apparently, her husband still thinks of it that way. Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell and company could well find Iraq easy compared with this maze.
Baruch Cohon
It’s inaccurate to say that the Palestinians are former residents of a nation called “Palestine.”
