Posted on 06/22/2015 4:36:51 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Two recent events aggravated the existing political disputes and tensions between Jordan and the Palestinian Authority (PA). On May 22, 2015 worshippers disrupted a Friday sermon delivered at Al-Aqsa mosque by Jordanian chief qadi Ahmad Hulail, who was visiting the mosque at the head of a high-level Jordanian delegation. Also in late May, the Arab media reported that Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Palestinian Football Association, who holds dual Palestinian and Jordanian citizenship, refused to back the Jordanian candidate for the presidency of FIFA, King 'Abdallah's half-brother Prince 'Ali Bin Al-Hussein. These two incidents sparked furious reactions from the Jordanian public and leadership against the PA and its senior officials. It was claimed that the incidents were deliberate political measures aimed at harming the Kingdom of Jordan, and that the PA had forgotten Jordan's generous support of the Palestinian cause and was betraying Jordan. Calls were made in the Jordanian media and official circles, as well as on social media, to settle accounts with the Palestinian leadership and reassess Jordan-PA relations. PA officials, headed by Mahmoud 'Abbas, paid a special visit to Jordan in attempt to appease the Jordanians.
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Because the Jordanians kicked them out back in ‘67. They don’t want them either.
1970
My mistake. Thanks for the correction.
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No prob.
In 1967, The IAF was returning from successfully destroying a high percentage of Egypt’s air force. king (small “k”) Hussein of Jordan saw them on his radar. Egypt convinced him they were Egyptian planes going after Israel.
So Hussein joined the fight. And lost the West Bank.
At least, according to the history I have read.
In September, 1970, the PLO did so much damage inside Jordan, that Hussein turned his troops on them. Killed 8,000 to 10,000. This is known as “Black September” to the PLO.
So, of course, Black September kills Israelis in 1972 in Munich (that’s their “logic”).
And now we have Mahmoud Abbas as a “peace partner” in Jerusalem, even though he financed the 1972 attack.
The world is nuts.
They are all Arabs and the Arab nation in mandatory Palestine is called Jordan. Anytime any Arab living in Israel decides he doesn’t like it there, he is welcome to go to his own Palestinian country now called Jordan. A move of just a few miles and one that makes a whole lot of sense
On May 22, 2015 worshippers disrupted a Friday sermon delivered at Al-Aqsa mosque by Jordanian chief qadi Ahmad Hulail, who was visiting the mosque at the head of a high-level Jordanian delegation. Also in late May, the Arab media reported that Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Palestinian Football Association, who holds dual Palestinian and Jordanian citizenship, refused to back the Jordanian candidate for the presidency of FIFA, King 'Abdallah's half-brother Prince 'Ali Bin Al-Hussein. These two incidents sparked furious reactions from the Jordanian public and leadership against the PA and its senior officials. It was claimed that the incidents were deliberate political measures aimed at harming the Kingdom of Jordan...It's a little thing we like to call "the smell of death". When ISIS makes its move against Jordan, Abbas will back ISIS; this is analogous to the PLO backing of Saddam Hussein during his invasion and occupation of Kuwait.
That’s their problem, not ours.
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