Posted on 02/08/2011 11:01:28 AM PST by TaraP
Jordanian tribal figures have issued a petition urging King Abdullah to end his Palestinian wife's role in politics, in a new challenge to the monarch grappling with fallout from uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.
Evoking comparisons with the wives of Tunisia's former strongman Zine al Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, the signatories attacked Queen Rania's Palestinian origin and accused her of using state funds to promote her image abroad without concern for the hardship of ordinary Jordanians.
The 36 figures are drawn from conservative East Bank tribes who form the backbone of the Hashemite monarchy's support -- as opposed to Jordanians of Palestinian, or West Bank, origin who are the majority of the country's 7 million population.
"She is building power centers for her interest that go against what Jordanians and Hashemites have agreed on in governing and is a danger to the nation and the structure of the state and the political structure and the institution of the throne," the petition said
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I thought his wife was from the U.S.
Wasn’t that his father’s wife?
}:-)4
Not guilty. Never drew a guilty breath in her life.
That was King Abdullah’s wife...
But she could be a member of the Knesset if she lived in Israel.
But I guess the Palestinians are outcasts even in other Muslim lands.
If they had any sense, they'd partner with the Israelis to take maximum advantage of the tourism potential in their lands holy to 3 major religions.
But of course, they'd have to eschew violence and their insane hatred of everybody.
I thought his wife was from the U.S.
King Abdullah’s step-mom, Queen Noor, was American (and, a very attractive woman in her younger years)
Abdullah’s mother, I believe was Queen Alia, died in a plane crash in the early 1970’s....and if I remember right....Alia was a hottie, too
There must be a rule in Jordan....the queen must be a hottie....and must never wear a burqa ;-)
Well, Jordan is arab palestine. Its pretty bad when you’re an outcast in your own country.
Its the king’s family who are foreigners. He can’t really defend his wife because then it opens up the real can of worms. She belongs there, and he doesn’t.
It seems the ME is brewing for something, but then again aren’t they always....
I always thought of Jordan as the next best country behind Israel in the MiddLe East...
back into the hijab and back into the 7th century
Jordanian tribal figures have issued a petition urging King Abdullah to end his Palestinian wife's role in politics... Evoking comparisons with the wives of Tunisia's former strongman Zine al Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, the signatories attacked Queen Rania's Palestinian origin and accused her of using state funds to promote her image abroad without concern for the hardship of ordinary Jordanians. The 36 figures are drawn from conservative East Bank tribes who form the backbone of the Hashemite monarchy's support... Jordanians of Palestinian, or West Bank, origin... are the majority of the country's 7 million population.Thanks TaraP.
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