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King of Jordan visits West Bank to congratulate Abbas
Source: Reuters
King of Jordan visits West Bank to congratulate Abbas
By Noah Browning
RAMALLAH, West Bank | Thu Dec 6, 2012 2:46pm EST
(Reuters) - King Abdullah of Jordan visited Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, congratulating them on a successful U.N. status upgrade in the teeth of Israel's threat to expand settlements.
Jordan is at peace with Israel and Abdullah is an ally of the United States as well as Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whom he sees regularly in nearby Amman, where Abbas has a home.
Other Arab leaders do not travel to the West Bank because it is Israeli-controlled, but the King made the short trip - his second visit in about a year - from his capital by helicopter.
He is the first head of state to visit since an overwhelming majority of U.N. members last month implicitly recognized the state of Palestine.
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By Noah Browning
RAMALLAH, West Bank | Thu Dec 6, 2012 2:46pm EST
(Reuters) - King Abdullah of Jordan visited Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, congratulating them on a successful U.N. status upgrade in the teeth of Israel's threat to expand settlements.
Jordan is at peace with Israel and Abdullah is an ally of the United States as well as Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whom he sees regularly in nearby Amman, where Abbas has a home.
Other Arab leaders do not travel to the West Bank because it is Israeli-controlled, but the King made the short trip - his second visit in about a year - from his capital by helicopter.
He is the first head of state to visit since an overwhelming majority of U.N. members last month implicitly recognized the state of Palestine.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/06/us-palestinians-israel-idUSBRE8B50TA20121206