FARS: Jordanians Stage Mass Anti-Government and Anti-Israel Rallies Across Country, Urge End to Peace Treaty with Israel
“TEHRAN (FNA)- People in Jordan staged massive anti-government and anti-Israel rallies across the country to voice their strong protest at the Amman government’s performance in foreign policy, domestic politics and campaign against corruption and to extend their support for the Palestinian people.
During the rallies held in different Jordanian cities, including the capital city of Amman on Friday, protesting people called on the government to respect and meet people’s demands, including establishment of a popular government and a parliamentary system of election to represent the Jordanian nation.
The Jordanian people also gathered in front of the UN office in Amman and underscored their support for the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
The demonstrators also condemned the US for pledging to veto the Palestinian statehood bid at the UN Security Council.
A group of demonstrators gathered outside Israel’s embassy in Amman and requested an end to Jordan’s peace accord with the Zionist regime of Israel.
The demonstrators also demanded expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from their country, severance of ties with Tel Aviv and return of Palestinian refugees to their homeland.” Read more.
Protests in Jordan being organized by … the Muslim Brotherhood – “Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated across the country on Friday calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit’s government, the dissolution of the lower house of Parliament and the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Amman. The Muslim Brotherhood movement organized a protest after Friday prayers at the Nazzal neighborhood in South Amman under the slogan ‘Against Injustices and Corruption.’ … Dozens of activists demonstrated near the Israeli embassy in Amman’s Rabia neighbourhood calling for the closure of the Israeli diplomatic mission and the abrogation of the peace treaty which Jordan concluded with the Jewish state in 1994. They chanted slogans against Israeli schemes which they said sought to establish an ‘alternative homeland’ for Palestinians in Jordan.” Read more.




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