Reminder: Jordan allowed Palestinians to undermine their influence on Temple
Mount when Jordanian appointed mufti usurped
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 20 November 2014

While the Jordanians now make much of their special role on the Temple
Mount, the truth is that Jordan's failure to act on this role is what lead
to the present situation in which radicals appointed by the PA call the
shots.

Here, in a nutshell is what happened:

"For the PLO, the death of the mufti of Jerusalem, Shaykh Sulayman al-Ja’bari,
in October 1994 was yet another opportunity to further undermine Jordan’s
influence. As the new mufti, Jordan appointed Shaykh Abd al-Qadir Abdin,
who had served as acting chief qadi in the West Bank, but shortly
afterwards, Arafat appointed Shaykh Akrama Sabri as the mufti of Jerusalem
and of “all Palestine.” Popular support for the PLO, combined with the team
of security guards posted around Shaykh Abdin’s office to discourage access
to the new mufti, convinced most Palestinians of Shaykh Sabri’s authority.
In 1998, following Shaykh Abdin’s retirement, Shaykh Sabri completed his
takeover and firmly established his position as the sole Jerusalem mufti."
The Palestinian Political Leadership in East Jerusalem after 1967 – Eli
Rekhess
Chapter 16 in Jerusalem: Idea and Reality, pages 274-275