Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaArabu vePalestine, nyika dzechiArab dzakavakidzana, vimbiso yekuwedzera ndima uye chinangwa chekukunda Jerusarema pakupedzisira vakamanikidza Abdullah kuti avabatanidze mu "kupindira kwemauto ese eArabhu" musi wa15 Chivabvu 1948. Iye akashandisa kupindira kwechiuto kudzorera chiremera chake munyika yeArabhu, iyo yakanga yakura kusava nechokwadi noukama hwake hwakanaka nevatungamiriri vokuMadokero nechiJudha. Abdullah ainyanya kuda kutora Jerusarema semubhadharo wekurasikirwa nekuchengetwa kweMecca, uko kwaiwanzoitwa neHashemites kusvika Ibn Saud
vakatora Hejaz muna 1925. Basa raAbdullah muhondo iyi rakava guru. Haana kuvimba nevatungamiriri vemamwe marudzi echiArabhu uye akafunga kuti vaiva nemauto asina kusimba; vamwe vaArabhu havana kuvimba naAbdullah. Akazviona so"mutungamiriri mukuru wemauto eArabhu" uye "akanyengetedza Arab League kumugadza" pachinzvimbo ichi. Mauto ake pasi pemutungamiri wavo weBritain Glubb Pasha haana kuswedera kunzvimbo yakatsaurirwa nyika yechiJuda, kunyangwe vakarwisana nemauto eYishuv akatenderedza Jerusarema, yaifanirwa kuve nzvimbo yepasi rose. Maererano naAbdullah el-Tell kupindira kwaMambo pachake ndiko kwakatungamirira kuArabic Legion kupinda muGuta Rekare kupesana nezvido zvaGlubb.