Jericho Congress

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Jericho Congress is an alternative name for the Jericho Conference, a historic 1948 political gathering in the West Bank where delegates called for the unification of the region with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political conference
calledFor recognition of King Abdullah I as sovereign over Arab Palestine
unification of the West Bank with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
category 1948 in Mandatory Palestine
Conferences in the Middle East
History of the West Bank
Jordan–Palestine relations
country Mandatory Palestine
followedBy annexation of the West Bank by Jordan
proclamation of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
hasAlternativeName Jericho Conference
hasParticipant Palestinian notables
Transjordanian officials
West Bank delegates
language Arabic
locatedInPresentDay State of Palestine
location Jericho
West Bank
mainSubject future of Arab-controlled Palestine after 1948 Arab–Israeli War
union of the West Bank with Transjordan
opposedBy Arab Higher Committee
some Palestinian nationalist leaders
organizedIn 1948
pointInTime December 1948
politicalAlignment pro-Hashemite
politicalOutcome strengthening of Hashemite control over the West Bank
presidedOverBy Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Jaabari
proposedHeadOfState King Abdullah I of Jordan
regionDiscussed Arab Palestine
linked to: Ottoman Palestine

West Bank
resultedIn recommendation to annex the West Bank to Transjordan
significantFor Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
history of Jordan
history of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
timePeriod 1948 Arab–Israeli War

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Jericho Conference hasAlternativeName Jericho Congress