Jordan's ruler: Aid to Palestinians must continue - now more than ever AlArab Online Jordan's king, Abdullah II King Abdullah II of Jordan was in Paris this week for talks with French President Jacques Chirac. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is nominally a constitutional monarchy, but in practice, Abdullah is no mere figurehead like his royal peers in the remaining monarchies of Europe. Instead, the young king commands his country's military, appoints the holders of its most important political offices, and has his hands in all aspects of Jordan's domestic and foreign policy-making. In the Arab world, Jordan is a...