Abdullah is feeding the crocodile

By Ted Belman

In Jordan’s King and the Muslim Brotherhood: An Unholy Marriage, Mudar Zahran argued that there is an alliance between King Abdullah and the Muslim Brotherhood. They both want to prevent Jordan from becoming a Palestinian state.

Last week we read Hamas Official: Jordan’s King Abdullah Will End Like Mubarak because Jordan hosted peace talks in Amman.

Sawaf accused the Jordanian King of assuming Mubarak’s role in sponsoring negotiations between the PA and Israel. Sawaf said that doing so harms the rights of PA Arabs and would lead to the King being dethroned since, as he put it, “Whoever declares war on Allah will eventually go away.”

The talks failed of course.

Today we read New Middle East: Jordan to Welcome Hamas Leader Mashaal

Jordan continues to neutralize its peace treaty with Israel and warms up to Hamas, whose leader Khaled Mashaal is to visit King Abdullah on Sunday escorted by the Qatari crown prince, according to Palestinian Authority and other Arab news agencies.

Mashaal and Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Than are scheduled to meet with King Abdullah II in a visit that originally was planned for last November, but was scrapped because of Israel and American pressure.

The arrival of Mashaal at the monarch’s palace signals a renewal of political ties between the terrorist organization and Jordan, which expelled Mashaal and his aides in 1999. He has headquartered Hamas in Damascus, but has been looking for a new home in the midst of the rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Iran, Assad’s key ally, is furious at Hamas for not coming out in support of Assad.

It seems to me that Abdullah is feeding the crocodile.