Talks To Form Jordanian Israeli Palestinian Entity Noted 
             Beirut alDiyar in Arabic 11 Mar 98 p 1

     Report by Badra Bakhus alFaghali in Paris  "Secret Quadrilateral
Negotiations To Revive the 'United Kingdom of Jordan' Plan" 

     AlDiyar has learned from informed political European sources that
US, Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli negotiators have for several weeks
been discussing the revival of the "United Kingdom of Jordan" plan in
total secrecy and in a way similar to the one that led to the Oslo
agreement.
     The sources said the plan is a compromise between the establishment
of an independent Palestinian state in the near or distant future and the
implementation of the Oslo agreement.  The Oslo agreement does not satisfy
the Palestinian people's aspirations for a totally viable independent
entity.
     The plan, which will be announced soon, will offer the Palestinians a
kind of independent entity that is more than autonomy but less than an
independent state.  This entity will not be under Israel's sovereignty,
but will have federal links with Jordan and be under the Jordanian Crown. 
The Government of the United Kingdom of Jordan will be headed by a
Palestinian.
     After this first step, a confederation between the United Kingdom of
Jordan and Israel will be announced.
     Jerusalem will have a special status as a capital of the two states,
and it will be open to the three divine religions.  The Vatican began
preparing for such a step with the announcement that the Pope is willing
to visit Jerusalem soon.  The visit is aimed at entrenching this new
situation, which is now being agreed upon as part of a final settlement.