The PLO and the Jordan Option The PLO stands at a crossroads. The battle of Beirut revealed the valiant and tenacious character of Palestinian nationalism and the corresponding paralysis of the Arab state system, but the forced withdrawal of the PLO from Lebanon presented the organization with the most serious challenge to its c Naseer Aruri • 21 min read
MER Article Two Books on Jordan Avi Plascov, The Palestinian Refugees in Jordan, 1948-1957 (London: Frank Cass, 1981). Peter Gubser, Jordan: Crossroads of Middle Eastern Events (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1983). Mary C. Wilson • 2 min read
MER Article Cohen, Political Parties in the West Bank Under the Jordanian Regime, 1949-1967 Amnon Cohen, Political Parties in the West Bank Under the Jordanian Regime, 1949-1967 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982). Joel Beinin • 4 min read
MER Article Letter from Jordan In July 1979, the Union of Jordanian Engineers held a forum in Amman on the “Economic and Technical Consequences of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Accord.” The participants expressed the fragile hope that the meeting would lead to similar activities in the future, for Amman is a city bare, not only of g A Special Correspondent • 6 min read
