So for the time being, the Jordanian option is dimmer than ever.

That is the Jordanian option: distant but rooted in reality and history.

Asked about that early in the week, Mr. Peres's voice brimmed with confidence as he said: "The Jordanian option is a reality.

If we win the elections, the Jordanian option will exist again.

It was probably the best chance for the 'Jordanian option', but Israel turned it down, and the United Arab Kingdom proposal died.

Beilin denied that there was a Jordanian option, and insisted on tackling the root cause of the conflict.

Jordanian option.

Israelis who see all the West Bank as part of their inalienable biblical heritage will fight the Jordanian option.

That move implied the end of the "Jordanian option" that had been a cornerstone of United States and some Israeli attitudes.

The meeting was intended to show Israeli voters that Middle East peace could still be found through the so-called "Jordanian option" advanced by Mr. Peres.