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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
Keep in mind that in the T2K timeline, per RDF Sourcebook, the Israelis and Palestinians had reached some sort of rapprochement -- short version being that there was no 90's Intifada, and instead a brokered peace agreement, if I recall correctly.
Arab-Israeli tensions are low enough that the IDF has a small expeditionary force attached to CENTCOM per RDF SB also so that is a pretty big declaration that the T2K Arab Street is way, way different than our timeline.
With Israel and Jordan apparently pretty intact and with IDF troops deployed to the east with CENTCOM, I think the two would also be working together to ensure they're getting their cut of the Middle Eastern oil coming out of the Gulf States -- Israel bringing it in via Jordan would be likely in a world where tankers and shipping in general are tight resources.
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Of course, one also has to keep in mind that when GDW first published T2k in 1984 they could not know that three years later the Intifadah would break out and last for six years until the Oslo Accords. In the alternate geopolitical situation as depicted in T2k and its first two versions, it's doubtful whether the Madrid Conference of 1991 and the 1993 Oslo Accords would take place, which in OTL largely contributed to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict being relegated to the back-burner until 2001. Without this process, things would be much more hostile between the two groups, with no Palestinian National Authority existing by the time the war broke out.