Article: Israeli proposal: Make Jordan the official Palestinian homeland.(WORLD)

Byline: Tom A. Peter and Ilene R. Prusher Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Amman, Jordan; and Jerusalem -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior members of his cabinet have pushed back hard against a renewed US demand to end settlement activity in the occupied Palestinian territories. Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Sunday that it amounted to "expulsion." But 53 Israeli parliamentarians have moved to explore another kind of expulsion: Under a proposal to be reviewed this week, Jordan would become the official homeland for Palestinians now living in the West Bank. Among the challenges ...

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