ChChapter 2: Origins and influences of nationality law than this. More recently, Jordan’s disengagement from the West Bank led to new problems of statelessness among persons of Palestinian origin who had previously enjoyed Jordanian nationality. When, in 1988, Jordan announced the full severance of administrative and legal ties with the West Bank (already under the occupation of Israel since 1967), Jordanians of Palestinian origin who were resident there lost their Jordanian nationality and were once again stateless. Since then, what has been described as an arbitrary policy of revocation of nationality from other Jordanians of Palestinian origin living in Jordan has left thousands more stateless as an enduring, knock-on consequence of this historic political event.82 Meanwhile, a more recent political event just outside the MENA region is also likely to be generating new cases of statelessness among populations present in MENA countries. Problems have arisen with regard to the regulation of nationality following the independence of South Sudan which have left many groups of Sudanese, South-Sudanese or mixed origin at risk of statelessness. Among those likely to be most affected by the new arrangements are those who 82 - Human Rights Watch, Stateless Again. Palestinian-origin Jordanians deprived of their nationality, February 2010, available at: http://www.hrw.org/ sites/default/files/reports/jordan0210webwcover.pdf; A. Younes, Revoking citizenships: The future of Palestinians in Jordan, Al Arabiya News, 10 September 2012, available at: http://www.alarabiya.net/views/2012/09/10/237182.html. . 67