There are news reports that Jordan's King told the Palestinian Authority's Abbas that Israel is threatening the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and that some unspecified action should be taken to protect Muslim sites in East Jerusalem.

With these statements, the King earned himself the Chutzpah Man of the Year Award.

You see Jordan, is the country that expelled (and killed) Jews who had resided in Old City's Jewish Quarter. And from 1948 until Israel freed the Old City and unified it, Jews (and most Christians) were not allowed access to the Old City. Moreover, since 1967, under the governance of the State of Israel, Muslims have been given control over all their holy sites. Their control is so great that they have used it to destroy tons of antiquities from the days of Solomon's Temple and they control who can visit the Holy Temple Mount.

Given this historical and current record, the King of Jordan should be thanking the State of Israel for protecting Muslim holy sites and for allowing all people to peacefully visit the Old City.But he won't acknowledge Israel's contributions in this area. Instead he will instigate trouble while calling on the "international community" to take control of Jerusalem. Given the mindset of the Obama Administration it will require a strong response by supporters of a united Jerusalem to stop the Jordan, Palestinian attempt to undermine Israeli control.

The King also criticized Israel's decision to declare biblical sites as being part of the Jewish people's heritage. Chutzpah Personified.

For the record the King's call to action caused Palestinians to attack Israelis in Jerusalem.