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Jordan's king rejects confederation with Palestinians

"Jordan's King Abdullah II flatly rejected a confederation with the Palestinians on Sunday, calling any such proposal at the current time a 'conspiracy' against his kingdom and the Palestinians, a Jordanian newspaper reported.

Despite government assertions to the contrary, speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Jordan may want to assume a protectorate role in the West Bank by forming a confederation with the Palestinians.

In newspaper remarks published Sunday, Abdullah said he was fed up with talking about this issue.......

In May, an Israeli daily reported that Jordan was pressing hard for a confederation with the Palestinians.

But Abdullah echoed his father's position Sunday, saying it was premature to "talk about the shape of future relations with Palestine and we will not tackle this issue until an independent Palestinian state on Palestinian soil is established."

When asked if Israel or the U.S. were pressuring Jordan to accept a confederation with the Palestinians, he said "we will not accept such solutions no matter what the pressures are."......."