In response to the attack on Mr Glick, the pace of such visits has increased, along with demands to change its status.Jordan's King Abdullah II, whose Hashemite dynasty officially oversees the Haram, has made it known that any unilateral Israeli move on the sanctuary would force a review of its 1994 peace treaty.
Hashemite rule survived in Iraq until 1958, and, in Jordan, continues strongly to this day.
Hashemite rule was not the Palestinians' first choice, but refugees who crossed the Jordan river were automatically given Jordanian citizenship and the rights that go with it.
He has been backing a strongly liberal economic policy, which has annoyed the old tribal conservatives on whom the Hashemite monarchy has depended since it was installed by the British 80-plus years ago.
In the past few days, ISIS has taken over all the crossings along the border between Iraq and Syria, except for one at Rabia, which is controlled by Kurds.Until recently, Jordan's Hashemite rulers have had reason to laugh last.
SOMETHING strange is happening in a usually quiet corner of the Arab world, often mocked as "the Hashemite kingdom of boredom".
Some even look to the restoration of Hashemite influence.
The Egyptian Brothers say they will "respect the treaties" between Israel, Egypt and Jordan, where a party close to the Brothers coexists uneasily with the royal Hashemite rulers.But still the fears among liberals continue.
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, awaits the arrival of 2,000 troops from the Badr Brigade, a Jordan-based division of the Palestinian Liberation Army which operates largely under Hashemite command.
In 1916, he joined the Hashemite forces and in 1917 began his exploits, including blowing up the German-built railway several times before leading the daring foray across the desert with the cry of, "To Aqaba!" Before setting off into the desert, Wa'el gives us a lesson on how to wind a scarf around our heads Bedouin-style, with one end hanging loose to wrap around face and nose.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet O'Toole was not Scottish, of course; nor was he the fair Englishman who, on a starlit night in the desert, in the midst of David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia," informs his Hashemite guide that he hails from Oxfordshire — "a fat country".
