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June 20, 2019

The American Peace Plan May Be Pushing Jordan into the Arms of Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood

Pressuring King Abdullah to relinquish custodianship of al-Aqsa is a mistake.

In connection with the yet-to-be-released White House peace proposal, both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been pressuring King Abdullah of Jordan to relinquish his custodianship of the al-Aqsa mosque, and other Islamic holy sites in Israel, to the House of Saud. They have in return offered to put billions of dollars toward solving the kingdom’s severe economic and fiscal problems. But Abdullah has publicly indicated his unwillingness to surrender his position, and Nadav Shragai argues that it would be to Israel’s detriment if he did:

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