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Jerusalem Should Be Returned, Says Jordan's King

Posted on Jul 23, 2010 by Cecil Maranville, Darris McNeely, John Ross Schroeder, Peter Eddington Estimated reading time: 1 minute

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BEIRUT (AFP)-Jerusalem is "occupied" Palestinian land which should be returned to the Palestinians, Jordan's King Abdullah II said in a magazine interview.

"Jerusalem is for us occupied Palestinian land," said the king, but without specifying whether he was referring to the city as a whole or its Arab eastern sector. "It is regarded as the same as any other occupied Palestinian land and we are backing our Palestinian brothers to enable them to regain their complete rights concerning this issue," he said in an interview with the London-based Lebanese weekly Al-Hawadeth.

Jerusalem's status is one of the thorniest issues left in the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians (September 15, 1999: The News Channel).

Cecil Maranville
Darris McNeely
Beyond Today Presenter
Darris McNeely works at the United Church of God home office in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his wife, Debbie, have served in the ministry for more than 43 years. They have two sons, who are both married, and four grandchildren. Darris is the Associate Media Producer for the Church. He also is a resident faculty member at the Ambassador Bible Center teaching Acts, Fundamentals of Belief and World News and Prophecy. He enjoys hunting, travel and reading and spending time with his grandchildren.
John Ross Schroeder
(1937-2014)
John died on March 8, 2014, in Oxford, England, four days after suffering cardiac arrest while returning home from a press event in London. John was 77 and still going strong.
Peter Eddington
Media Director, United Church of God
Peter serves at the home office as Media and Communications Services operation manager.