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It’s created a fraught relationship with Jordan’s long-standing families and tribes hailing from the east bank of the Jordan River.

Any observer understands this bottom line: Hamas will never completely destroy Israel and conquer the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River.

Many Zionists, but not all, believe that “Eretz Israel” — generally taken to mean the entire territory of Palestine, from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River — was promised by God to the Jewish people.

Meanwhile, J Street’s proposal for a “demilitarized” Palestinian state matches Netanyahu’s plan for Israel to retain “security control” of all of Palestine to the Jordan River.

This means one Palestinian Arab state that would include Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.