Safety forces clashed with massive crowds of pro-Palestinian protesters close to Israel’s embassy within the Jordanian capital on Tuesday night time, video recorded by The Related Press and Reuters confirmed.
It was the third consecutive day that demonstrations in assist of Palestinians beneath Israeli bombardment in Gaza have taken place close to the embassy in Amman, Jordan’s capital.
The protesters carried Palestinian flags and marched towards the embassy, chanting “betrayal” in Arabic and calling on Jordan’s authorities to cancel its agreements with Israel.
Footage confirmed the safety forces dispersing the crowds and arresting protesters.
Israel and Jordan preserve an important regional alliance, and the dominion is the custodian of the Aqsa compound in Jerusalem, a key holy web site that’s typically a supply of disputes and battle between Israelis and Palestinians.
However greater than 2.3 million registered Palestinian refugees stay in Jordan — a inhabitants barely bigger than that of the Gaza Strip. And Jordan’s leaders have been more and more crucial of Israel because the warfare in Gaza started. Amid a dire humanitarian disaster within the enclave, Jordan started airdropping help in November. It has accomplished greater than a dozen missions since.
