Israel's Labor government angrily rejects the proposal…

Israel's Labor government angrily rejects the proposal of King Hussein to establish a confederation of Jordan and the West Bank in 1972.

In response, the Israeli Knesset "determines" for the first time officially, "that the historic right of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel [including the West bank] is beyond challenge," while Meir states, "Israel will continue to pursue her enlightened policy in Judea and Samaria."

Her political advisor Israel Galili, who is in charge of settlement in the occupied territories, states that the Jordan River should become Israel's "agreed border; a frontier, not just a security border," the latter term implying the possibility of some form of limited self-government for the indigenous population.