Palestine and Jordan should have been just one country called Palestine but then the Western powers after World War I were determined to break up the Arab countries into smaller countries so that they remain weak. How on earth did they decide to assign a king to Jordan as the the absolute ruler of that land? They were looking for those who would be willing to betray the people and to be obedient servants of the Western countries. There is no doubt that this little king and his father never betrayed the trust the Western Powers put in them.