In the fifth day of widespread demonstrations against Israel, thousands of Jordanians gathered in front of the Israeli embassy on Thursday, demanding an end to the unpopular peace deal between Jordan and its western neighbor.
The demonstrators screamed, “They said Hamas is terrorist,” while brandishing Palestinian flags in a wealthy Amman neighborhood. Jordan as a whole is Hamas.”
Protesters also chanted, “No Zionist embassy on Jordanian land,” calling for the government to shut down the embassy and revoke the 1994 peace agreement that restored diplomatic relations with Israel.
Posters reading “Amman-Gaza one destiny” were displayed alongside images of Abu Obaida, the masked military spokesman for Hamas who has gained widespread fame in the Arab world.
Protesters have assembled outside the Israeli embassy for five days in a row. This has long been a flashpoint when violence has escalated between Palestinians and Israel.
