Leon:

No – to my knowledge – although I tried to contact David Friedman in April and he did not respond.

You might be surprised to know that no one in the Democratic party has done so either – especially Biden’s confidant – New York Times op-ed writer Thomas Friedman – who I approached to write an article on the proposal and who told me in September 2022 that it was not the right time to do so then and continues to maintain that stance.

Friedman was the originator of the two-state solution in 2002 that led to the Arab Peace Initiative introduced that year. I have published many articles questioning why Friedman continues to keep his readers in the dark about the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution. An article by him would have placed this solution front and centre stage requiring a response from both Biden and Trump – and incidentally the United Nations which has not mentioned the existence of this solution once in the last two years.

The reason for this deadly silence by both Republicans and Democrats for the last two years can only be explained by the fact that both Biden and Trump are fixated on creating an independent Palestinian Arab state between Israel and Jordan for the first time in recorded history.

In the case of the Democrats – their current thinking is based on creating such a state in all of Judea and Samaria with East Jerusalem as its capitol based on UN Security Council Resolution 2334 – adopted on 23 December 2016 – when the Obama-Biden administration refused to veto that Resolution as they were vacating the White House to make way for Trump.

In the case of the Republicans – their thinking is based on Trump’s 2020 peace plan – which also provided for the creation of such a state as well – albeit in a smaller area.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution – published in Saudi Arabia in the Government-controlled Al Arabiya News on 8 June 2022 by an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman – trashes both the Biden and Trump proposals (and the 2002 Friedman/Arab Peace Initiative) by calling for the merger of Jordan, Gaza and part of Judea and Samaria into one new territorial entity to be called the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine – to be ruled by the Hashemites and having its capitol in Amman.

Biden and Trump – like most politicians – find it very hard to admit to pursuing failed policies – oblivious to the fact that in doing so they are contributing to the the region threatening to become one giant killing field – as both their proposed two-state solutions continue to go nowhere in resolving a conflict between Jews and Arabs that is now more than 100 years old.

Please let me know if you can come up with a better explanation to justify the Democrats and Republicans not mentioning the existence of the Hashemite Kingdom of Palestine solution once in the last two years.