Transjordanian

They are not defensible, and no rational Israeli government is going to accept them as national borders, particularly in Jerusalem where doing so would mean giving up the Jewish Quarter in the Old City, and the Western Wall, plus a number of traditionally Jewish neighborhoods from which Jews were expoelled by the Transjordanian Arab Legion in 1948.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “What if the Palestinians Don’t Want a State?” 2010

When the armistice was enacted in 1949, a part of the geographic area historically known as Yehuda Judea, in Latin was in Transjordanian hands, although it had been set aside by the UN resolution as part of a proposed Palestinian state.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009

When the armistice was enacted in 1949, a part of the geographic area historically known as Yehuda Judea, in Latin was in Transjordanian hands, although it had been set aside by the UN resolution as part of a proposed Palestinian state.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bernstein (Robert!) Denounces Human Rights Watch: 2009

According to the Bible, when the children of Israel moved along the Transjordanian plateau they met and confronted resistance not only in Moab but also from the full-fledged states of Edom and Ammon.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Lot then went off on his own to the eastern hills to become the ancestor of the Transjordanian peoples of Moab andAmmon.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

Although the Transjordanian administration was set up immediately, the new arrangements were not officially ratified until Feb. 20, 1928.

1922, Oct 2001

David conquered the northern and Transjordanian tribes, incorporating them into Israel.

e. Israel and Judah 2001

In the east, the desert steppe area was less arid and less rugged than farther south—enabling the relatively free movement of people and commodities between the central ridge, the Jordan valley, and the Transjordanian highlands to the east.

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001

In return, the British agreed to pay financial subsidies to the Transjordanian government.

h. Jordan 2001

They were then administratively divided into the provinces of Dor (along the northern coast), Megiddo (in the Jezreel valley and Galilee), and Gilead (in the Transjordanian highlands).

The Bible Unearthed Israel Finkelstein 2001