Supporters of King Hussein are campaigning vigorously on the West Bank to persuade the inhabitants of the Judaea-Samaria regions to repudiate the decision of the Arab summit meeting at Rabat last October recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole representative of the Palestinian people and their negotiating instrument.
West Bankers are reportedly being urged to declare their allegiance to the Hashemite monarchy in Amman. Pro-Jordan petitions are being circulated for signatures throughout the West Bank. Hussein’s supporters intend to send delegations into Jordan, Syria and Lebanon with petitions expressing the loyalty of the West Bank population to Jordan and will confront the PLO in Damascus and Beirut with these expressions of sentiment against the Rabat resolutions.
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