King Abdullah

Donald Trump to Jordan's Abdullah: All hostages must be released by Saturday

Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff stated that Hamas is a terrorist organization that should not be allowed to be part of the government in any part of Gaza.

 Donald Trump meets with Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House in Washington, February 11, 2025
President Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (R) and Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah (L) as he arrives at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Jordan's King Abdullah visibly shaken while commenting on Trump's Gaza plan

President Donald Trump greets Jordan's King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein (R) and Crown Prince of Jordan Hussein bin Abdullah (L) as he arrives at the White House on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Trump tells Jordanian king that US will 'take Gaza,' Palestinians will live safely elsewhere

 ‘I SAID to him: I’d love you to take on more,’ US President Donald Trump claimed he told Jordan’s King Abdullah regarding Palestinians in Gaza. Here, the two meet in the Oval Office at the White House in 2018.

Will Jordan extradite terrorist Al-Tamimi, who was released in the Shalit deal?


Jordan will never be ‘alternative homeland’ for Palestinians — King Abdullah

“Now Israel's decades-long impunity is becoming its own worst enemy, and the consequences are everywhere,” he said, as he called on the UN to unite around the implementation of a two-state resolution

 Jordan's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Jordan's King Abdullah to appoint US-educated technocrat as new PM, sources say

Jordan's King Abdullah is set to appoint Jafar Hassan as prime minister, following gains by the Islamist opposition in elections.

 Jordan's King Abdullah welcomes Kuwait's Emir Sheik Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah upon his arrival at Marka military airport, in Amman, Jordan April 23, 2024.

The king craves a burger - short story

Abdullah was a chunky lad who was educated in the United States. In America – in Monterrey to be exact – the prince developed a craving for McDonald’s hamburgers and fries.

 An illustrative image of a hamburger.

Jordan's King Abdullah warns of the dangers of Israel's planned Rafah military operation

The Jordanian army also arranged on Monday the biggest airdrop operation so far to deliver aid to Gaza.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during his visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, in this handout picture released on January 8, 2024.

At White House, King Abdullah attacks '70 years of Israeli occupation'

He stressed that the only solution to the violence was “a political horizon that leads to a just and comprehensive peace based on the two-state solution."

 U.S. President Joe Biden welcomes Jordan's King Abdullah to the White House in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2024

Jordan's King Abdullah participates in Gaza aid airdrop

A video showed King Abdullah in military gear on board a plane in the latest mission by the Jordanian Air Force to drop urgent medical supplies to field hospitals it runs in Gaza.

 Jordan's King Abdullah takes part in a military drill with Jordanian special forces in this photo at an unspecified location in Jordan.

Jordan's King Abdullah: Israel's 'brutal' war creates generation of Gaza orphans

While visiting Rwanda, Jordan's King Abdullah compared the Rwandan genocide to the conflict in Gaza.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II speaks during his visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Kigali, Rwanda, in this handout picture released on January 8, 2024.

Jordan’s Abdullah and Egypt’s Sisi discuss Gaza ceasefire, regional spillover

The two men met amid a flurry of high-level diplomatic conversations, as Egypt and Qatar seek to mediate a deal that would end the war.

 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi meets with Jordan's King Abdullah during a summit on the conflict between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza, in Cairo, Egypt, December 27, 2023.

Palestinians mustn’t be forced out of Gaza, Biden and King Abdullah warn

Some 1.4 million of the 2.3 million residents of the Gaza Strip have fled their homes in an attempt to escape the violence.

Palestinians with dual citizenship gather outside Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 16, 2023

Tension rises in Jordan with threat of new wave of Palestinian refugees

Following the tragedy at Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza, King Abdullah II makes a bold move to cancel an Amman-based summit with US and Egyptian presidents

 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.

King Abdullah: Middle East security impossible without Palestinian state

King Abdullah joined the voices at the UN arguing that a two-state solution at the pre-1967 lines with east Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital is the only viable option.

 Jordan's King Abdullah II addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.