The Jordanian political strategy in preserving Islamic and Christian holy sites in Palestine (Jerusalem - a case study)

Abstract

This study aimed to shed light on the Jordanian strategy in preserving Islamic and Christian sanctities in Palestine, including Jerusalem as a case study, by focusing and paying attention to it as a basic principle from the Hashemites perspective on the one hand and Jordanian policy on the other. Using the descriptive and analytical approach to analyze and interpret the nature of preserving mechanism of Jerusalem, by clarifying the role that Jordan played towards it during the early Emirate of Transjordan and in the recent Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The study found that Jerusalem was and still considered a central axis to the Jordanian politics and to the Hashemites in particular, and a fundamental principle that cannot be waived and neglected since Al Sharif Hussein bin Ali, all the way to King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein, through the Hashemite reconstruction in Jerusalem and Jordan’s positions regarding the transfer of the Israeli embassy to Jerusalem, and regarding the acts of sabotage of the Israelis in Al-Aqsa Mosque.