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Article: Jordan king charts his own course: Abdullah's brief stop in Israel yesterday was lower profile than his father's approach.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- April 24, 2000
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Jordan's King Abdullah II visited Israel for a few hours yesterday, the first time since ascending the throne 14 months ago.
The brevity of the call at the port of Eilat underscored the complex waters the young monarch has been navigating since he inherited the crown from his father, the late King Hussein, in February 1999.
Steering the royal yacht into the Israeli port - much like his pilot father would have - King Abdullah was greeted by Prime Minister Ehud Barak, and they held brief talks.
But King Hussein played a much more visible role than his son has in the Middle East peace processes - supporting the historic Israeli-Palestinian peace ...