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like abdulla of transjordan. abdulla, the son of al shareef in mecca. he considered to be a descendant of the prophet. abdullah arises as this magical wizard and a brilliant and political shrewd mind and smarter than those who came before him. the british liked him. he liked them. he saw himself as a moderate man who could make an arrangement with the british. transjordan was part of the british mandate. abdulla wanted to be the king of this arab land, and possibly by being an ally of the british in the war, he might get handsomely rewarded. in may of 1945, after six years of fighting, and a brutal

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Transcripts for CNN Jerusalem City of Faith and Fury 20211225 03:16:00

palestine. king abdullah was certainly anxious to walk hand in hand, so to speak, with great britain. he was a brilliant political maneuverer, but abdullah was playing a very dangerous game. many regarded it as a betrayal, is betrayal to arab nationalism and palestinians. many other region regarded him as a semi-collaborator. but abdullah isn t the only leader with ambitions of claiming palestine. look, the jews, after the end of the world war, british policy on immigration would change. here the only reason remnants of the jews of europe. no other country was opening their doors to them, and the british said, no, not on our watch, they re not coming.

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Transcripts for CNN Jerusalem City of Faith and Fury 20211225 03:46:00

disaster. it was the day where basically the dream of having a palestinian state ended. what s celebrated in israel as a wonderful day of independence, for palestinian it s a day that basically meant they have lost any of their national rights. ben-gurion was the first prime minister. ben-gurion was very happy, obviously. he thought he had a tremendous amount more to do. so it was a very emotional moment for many. there was no time or no reflection. and so on may 15th, five arab states declared war against israel. egypt, lebanon, iraq, and syria, but also transjordan that was loyal to king abdullah. the arab countries that are coming in were not just trying

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woman. she s all in black, and she s sneaking across the border. it s quite an image. the hope was that they could at least get king abdullah to not attack. but abdullah has long to claim palestine as part of his own kingdom and this war is his last chance to do it. abdullah s interest was very clear. his interest was not to have a palestinian state as the partition plan said, but to get jerusalem and whatever parts of palestine he could grab for himself. so when golda visited him on the eve of british evacuation, he told her, you must also i must also participate in the war.

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