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Jordan threw out the PLO decades ago after they tried to overthrow the Hashemites in 1970.
This is why the PLO wound up in souther Lebanon fomenting civil war there. Since there are several hundred American special forces troops in Jordan today, Hamas probably sees that as a poor opportunity right now to wage a war.
BTW, the current king of Jordan's Great Grandfather was assassinated at the al Aqsa in 1951 by a Palestinian after he (the king) suggested that he could make peace with the state of Israel. Another reason why the Hashemites are not fond of rabble rousers.