Jordan's King to Australia: I Resent You Dropping the "Occupied" in Front of East Jerusalem, Dammit!

That's kind of funny coming from a guy whose family, the Hashemites, aren't native to the area and have been "occupying" the throne ever since the Brits put 'em there :

The Jordanian government announced it rejects Australia’s dropping of the word “occupied” in connection to eastern Jerusalem. 

Jordan’s position is rather hypocritical, as Jordan illegally occupied eastern Jerusalem from 1948 until 1967, after capturing half the city in its 1948 attack on Israel. 

Since the year 1805, if not earlier, Jews have made up the majority of the residents of united Jerusalem. 

Whereas, 80% of Jordan’s citizens define themselves as Palestinian, making Jordan a de facto Palestinian State.

Indeed. Hence the reason for the king's display of testiness re the "occupied" tag. Abdullah, who is nowhere near as charismatic or as popular as his dad (despite pictures of the current king's visage plastered everywhere--at least, that's what we saw on our recent trip to Petra), has to placate an increasingly restive (and Zion-loathing) populace.

Update: Palestinian Authority Plans to Lobby Muslim Countries to Punish Australia for ‘Occupied’ Territories Decision