AMMAN: Thousands of Jordanians on Friday staged demonstration near the Israeli Embassy on a fifth day of large protests against Israel, demanding an end to Jordan’s unpopular peace treaty with Tel Aviv.
The protesters were carrying Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Israel and pro-Palestine slogans.
One of the protesters said there should be no Zionist embassy on Jordanian soil. Protesters also demanded authorities to shut down the embassy and end a 1994 peace treaty that normalized relations with Israel.
The Israeli Embassy, has long been a flashpoint since the war between Palestinians and Israel started on October 7.
Heavy security was deployed to curb the violent protesters, while the rally went peacefully, unlike earlier this week when riot police fired tear gas and struck protesters with batons to stop them from storming the Israeli embassy.
Hundreds of demonstrators, on Friday, defied police orders to disperse and sat on the streets.
Passions have run high among the people of Jordan, many of whom are of Palestinian origin, over relentless Israeli bombardment in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of civilians.
According to the Jordanian authorities the peaceful protests are allowed but that they would not tolerate any attempt to storm Israeli embassy or attempt to reach a border zone with the Israeli-occupied West Bank or Israel.
Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel is unpopular among citizens of Jordan who see normalization of ties with Israel as betraying the rights of the people of Palestine.
