Not far from Jericho, the River Jordan squiggles through the desert dividing the West Bank from Jordan.

BBC: A Biblical guide to the West Bank

Earlier on Wednesday, he visited Qasr el Yahud - the site on the West Bank of the River Jordan where Israel says Jesus was baptised.

BBC: Pope calls for Palestinian homeland

On Wednesday, Jordan sent a convoy of trucks across the Jordan River packed with relief aid for Palestinians under Israeli curfew in the West Bank.

BBC: Al-Qaeda 'opens new front in Jordan'

When talking about Palestine, the speaker is referring to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River that includes the Jewish state of Israel and the Palestinian lands of the West Bank and Gaza.

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