A New Highpoint in Middle East Hypocrisy?
From the New York Times this morning, this edifying account of Palestinian freedom in the Kingdom of Jordan: " Some Palestinian Jordanians Lose Citizenship Muhannad Haddad grew up here, went to school here, got a job in a bank here and traveled to foreign countries with a passport from here. Then one day the authorities said he was no longer Jordanian, and with that one stroke they took away his citizenship and compromised his ability to travel, study, work, seek health care, buy property or even drive. The authorities effectively told him they were doing it for his own good. They said that like thousands of other Jordanians of Palestinian descent, he was being stripped of his citizenship to preserve his right to someday return to the occupied West Bank or East Jerusalem." Oh, I see. They are having their citizenship taken away to preserve their rights. Yes, that makes a lot of sense: "For years now, Jordanian officials have expressed concern for preserving the d...