entities as much as the existence in that area of a certain culture and a certain national entity which has been usurped, uprooted and violated and an extension of which is now under occupation by Israel. This has nothing to do with 1922. It has nothing to do with what *legally constituted Government existed and exercised jurisdiction in this or that area. 156. Jordan is proud of its record. It has completed over 50 years of existence as a political entity in the Middle East, but its roots and its people belong to an ancient civilization that had its physical and human presence, beyond the legal and the constitutional framework. It was against that human cultural entity that Israel perpetrated its first wave of aggression against the Arab world. There were people-call them Palestinians, call them Arabs, call them, more recently, Jordanians, call them whatever you want- who existed and owned a certain land, Palestine. They belonged to a certain cultural entity. It was against them that a violent force, an alien force, embarked. It descended upon them, violently expelled them and turned them into exiles in 1947-1948. lt was in response to their appeals that the Jordanian Government and other Arab Governments then entered Palestine to defend them from annihilation and from actual dispersement. The comparison between the annihilation of the State of Israel and the annihilation or expulsion or uprooting of the people in the area is the difference between the myth and the reality. The living body is there: the Palestinian Arabs. However, when Jordan entered Jerusalem and the West Bank, it was an Arab country, an Arab people, joining in the defence of a neighbouring Arab people, at the invitation of and to support that people. The natural union that emerged 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a historical and political argument, discussing the existence and identity of a cultural entity, the occupation of a territory, and the defense of a people. It does not seem to be related to economic development, natural resources, or any other specific field. Instead, it is a narrative about the history and politics of a region.

**Category**
Culture