How about we engage in scholarship instead of polemic.
King Hussein Bin Talal Al Hashemi, born in Amman in November 1935, was king of Jordan from 1952 to his death in 1999 His first marriage in 1955 to his cousin, Princess Dina of the Egyptian branch of the Hashemite family, was dissolved. This was an in the family match in which the two principals had little in common other than illustrious Middle Eastern bloodlines.
His mainly Bedouin army was fiercely loyal to him, not just because the monarchy and the East Bank Bedouin tribes depended upon each other in a land where Palestinian refugees and their descendants have been the majority for half a century, but also because, in personal style, King Hussein was a classic Bedouin leader.
The king traced his lineage to the Al Hashem family, or tribe, of the Prophet Muhammad. The kings great-grandfather, Sharif Hussein bin Ali Al Hashemi, headed the Muslim hierarchy in the Holy City of Mecca.
In the Arabian peninsula the Hashemites lost out after World War I to the Al Saud family/tribe following a long struggle.
The king traced his lineage to the Al Hashem family, or tribe, of the Prophet Muhammad. The kings great-grandfather, Sharif Hussein bin Ali Al Hashemi, headed the Muslim hierarchy in the Holy City of Mecca.
In the Arabian peninsula the Hashemites lost out after World War I to the Al Saud family/tribe following a long struggle. This was the period when Britain made promises to Sharif Hussein to get Arab support against the Ottoman Turks. Unfortunately for all concerned, those promises conflicted with British World War I undertakings to the early Zionists over Palestine, and to France over Syria.
keep in mind that deep in their hearts most Palestinians see the Hashemite familythe first King Abdallah, and, despite his many admirable personal qualities, the late King Hussein as wellas having betrayed their chances for a state of their own more than half a century ago.
In Memoriam: The Late King Hussein of Jordan (A Reminiscence)
Transjordan was created by the British in 1921 when they detached it from Palestine within their League of Nations Mandate. Abdullah bin Hussein Ali al-Hashem, a son of Sharif Hussein of Mecca, the king of Hijaz (now part of Saudi Arabia), had established himself in Amman with the intention of moving against the French in Syria. Instead he accepted the British offer to become emir of Transjordan, with that state as a semiautonomous entity under British colonial tutelage. Britain held control of the countrys finances, external relations, and its army, the Arab Legion.
Abdullah also welcomed Arab nationalists who had been expelled from neighboring Syria. Amman became an open city, where Arab dissidents could mingle with the Hashemites. Against some odds Abdullah painstakingly developed key institutions, including the countrys 1928 Organic Law that planted the seeds of a full-fledged constitution. Difficult negotiations culminated with the comprehensive 22 March 1946 treaty that formally ended the British mandate. Transjordan gained formal independence and changed its name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Abdullah formally became King Abdullah I. The British retained substantial control, however; under a 1948 treaty they managed Jordans finances, stationed troops in the country, and retained command of the Arab Legion.
Hussein built his regime on the support of loyal and conservative Bedouin tribes, and increasingly, East Bank Jordaniansthe monarchys political base. Relying on these elites permitted the energetic monarch to suppress opponentsperhaps best illustrated by the April 1957 coup attempt as well as the fierce struggle with Palestinian fighters in September 1970
Hussein Bin Talal (1935?1999) - PERSONAL HISTORY, INFLUENCES AND CONTRIBUTIONS, BIOGRAPHICAL HIGHLIGHTS, PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY:, Political Evolution, CONTEMPORARIES, Parliamentary Politics, The Succession
An autonomous Palestinian political identity did not begin to assert itself until the mid-1960s. In the 1950s, no political organization existed around which a specifically Palestinian identity could be articulated. Pan-Arabism was a dominant mode of political expression, and the Hashimite regime strongly promoted Jordanian sovereignty over Palestinian affairs and identity.
Jordan - Palestinians
In the Arabian peninsula the Hashemites lost out after World War I to the Al Saud family/tribe following a long struggle. Transjordan was created by the British in 1921 when they detached it from Palestine within their League of Nations Mandate. Abdullah bin Hussein Ali al-Hashem, a son of Sharif Hussein of Mecca, the king of Hijaz (now part of Saudi Arabia), had established himself in Amman with the intention of moving against the French in Syria. Instead he accepted the British offer to become emir of Transjordan, with that state as a semiautonomous entity under British colonial tutelage. Britain held control of the countrys finances, external relations, and its army, the Arab Legion.
The territory was underpopulated, and mostly small villages. To populate, Abdullah welcomed Arab nationalists of all stripes, including many Palestinians, in addition to the Hashemites that he brought with him. On March 22, 1946, a treaty formally ended the British mandate. Transjordan gained formal independence and changed its name to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan; Abdullah formally became King Abdullah I.
Palestinian refugees and their descendants became the majority but Hussein built his regime on the support of loyal and conservative Bedouin tribes, and increasingly, East Bank Jordaniansthe monarchys political base. An autonomous Palestinian political identity did not begin to assert itself until the mid-1960s. In the 1950s, no political organization existed around which a specifically Palestinian identity could be articulated. Pan-Arabism was a dominant mode of political expression, and the Hashimite regime strongly promoted Jordanian sovereignty over Palestinian affairs and identity.In personal style, King Hussein was a classic Bedouin leader.
This support allowed him to put down the Black September revolt.
So, by Jordanian, if we divide the population by motivation, the King has Hashemite decendents, and Bedouins. The ones we call Palestinians hate his accomodations with Israel.
If you intend this question to mean that Palestinians are merely Jordanians, you simply intend to have someone else handle the problem for Israel.
