Since 1917, the Hashemite Kings’ Custodianship of Jerusalem’s Holy Sites has preserved and guaranteed the religious rights of Muslims and Christians in Jerusalem and the integrity of their Holy Sites.

His Majesty King Abdullah II inherited the Custodianship of Jerusalem’s Islamic and Christian Holy Sites from his Hashemite ancestors, starting with his great-great-grandfather King and Sharif Hussein bin Ali. When King Abdullah II’s father, the late King Hussein bin Talal, declared Jordan’s disengagement from the West Bank in 1988