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The two main elements of British policy towards the Israeli-Transjordanian negotiations were the realisation of the need to ensure Israeli agreement to the annexation of the West Bank by Transjordan, and the recognition that a renewed Israeli-Hashemite understanding would help to solve the Palestine problem. The policy was also characterised by a constant effort to maintain a balance between retaining a dominant position in the Arab world on the one hand, and starting a new chapter in its relations with Israel on the other. With hindsight, it seems that the British position was not a unique one. Any other power that tried to maintain and cultivate good relations with Israel and its Arab neighbours, and at the same time attempted to solve the Arab-Israeli conflict, was faced with the same dilemma.
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© 1993 Paul Turner and Glyn N. Volans
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Pappé, I. (1993). British Policy towards the Israeli-Transjordanian Negotiations. In: Britain and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948-51. St Antony’s/Macmillan Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19326-4_8
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