Kushner procuring Israeli takeover of Jordan and overthrow of Abdullah
Wed 11:43 am +00:00, 3 Jun 2026Peter Oborne, associate editor of Middle East Eye, argues that if Abdullah II goes to war to protect the holy site, Jordan may find it has more allies than US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expect.
Middle East Eye reported last week that the US and Israel are conspiring to strip the Jordanian royal family of its historic custodianship of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The plan, reportedly being pushed by Jared Kushner and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, would also give Israel a role in approving the content of Friday sermons.
By law, the custodian of Al-Aqsa Mosque is King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Oborne concludes: “As Israel and the US ponder an illegal smash-and-grab raid on the third holiest site in Islam, Abdullah thus faces an existential choice: give in to Trump and Netanyahu, or fight back and risk his life and his throne.”
