[Patria One]

Sort of like Israel was given to the Jewish refugees?

[history_matters]

No. The Hashemite King of Jordan was the Shariff of Mecca and Madinah until the House of Saud conquered them. Before capturing these cities the Saudi king was merely the King of the Nejd. Saddam Hussein used this as a carrot to draw Jordan to his side during the last war and to anger the Saudis.