Jordan’s official al-Mamlaka channel reported that Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi conveyed on Wednesday a message from King Abdullah II to Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase...., stressing the country’s firm support to the Paleostinians and their rights, adding that Jerusalem "is a red line" for the monarch.
East Jerusalem was subject to Jordanian illusory sovereignty like all other West Bank cities, before Israel occupied it in 1967, in a move not recognized by the international community. At that time, Jordan built housing units for Paleostinians who sought refuge in East Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and documented their residency with lease contracts.
The documents, published by the Jordanian foreign ministry, shows that 28 families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood were displaced due to the 1948 war.
The Jordanian move comes after media reports said that an Israeli court granted Paleostinian families a deadline that expires on May 2 to evacuate their homes.
In comments during a visit to Ramallah on Wednesday, Safadi said: "We have provided all the documents available to us that can help Paleostinian citizens preserve their full rights."
He also noted that his country was coordinating with the international community to prevent the deportation of Paleostinians from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, in cooperation with the Paleostinian Authority.