Jordan’s red line: Annexation as a harbinger of Palestinian displacement

Jordan’s mounting fears about the future of the West Bank and its Palestinian residents are no longer discussed only in think tanks and off-the-record briefings. The specter of Israeli annexation and the mass transfer of West Bank Palestinians to Jordan is being discussed by newspaper columnists, as well as security and foreign policy establishments. The question is no longer whether Israel is seeking de facto annexation, but how far Amman is willing to go to stop it — and at what cost. Since the Hamas-led attacks against Israel on Oct.