Saudi crown prince backed Israel plan to overthrow Jordan king
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is said to have supported an Israeli plot to overthrow the Jordanian King Abdullah II in exchange for guardianship of the holy sites in the occupied city of Jerusalem, Lebanon's Al-Akhbar newspaper reported.
The paper quoted a Jordanian security official as saying
that the attempt to overthrow King Abdullah II was a "scheme"
involving Israel, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and the United States.
According to the unnamed official, "the large and
complicated" coup involved many parties, but the king succeeded in
thwarting it calmly while preserving the internal and regional balances.
"The king's vigilance and the rapid movement of the
military and security forces have thwarted the coup's attempt to remove him and
replace him with his brother Prince Hamzah Bin Al-Hussein," the source
said.
Israel, the source continued, planned to overthrow King
Abdullah II due to Jordan's opposition to the US' peace deal for the Middle
East dubbed the 'deal of the century', which Amman viewed as a plan to
"find an alternative homeland for the Palestinians and annex the Jordan
Valley to Israel".
The paper added that the Saudi crown prince agreed to
support Israel's scheme in return for the transfer of the guardianship over the
holy sites in occupied Jerusalem from Jordan to Saudi Arabia.
With US approval, it continued, Bin Salman authorised the
former chief of the royal court, Basem Awadallah, to make the necessary
preparations for the transfer of power at the family level, while ousted Fatah
chief Muhammad Dahlan was assigned with mobilising Palestinians in Jordan and
local tribes.
According to the report, Saudi Arabia armed some southern
tribes, issuing them citizenship in return for carrying out military actions if
necessary.
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