Thousands of Jordanians take to the streets calling on the government to scrap its peace treaty with Israel.
Demonstrations break out in several cities after weekly Muslim prayers, with an estimated 5,000 rallying in the capital Amman, where they torch an Israeli flag.
“No Zionist embassy on Jordanian soil,” chant the demonstrators, who rally at the call of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.
The protesters demand the cancellation of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty, carrying signs that say “scrapping the Wadi Araba treaty is the response” to Israeli “violations” against Palestinians in Jerusalem.
“The land is ours, Jerusalem is ours and Allah is with us,” reads another banner.
Anti-Israeli protests are also held in the northern cities of Zarqa and Irbid, in Mafraq in the east, Jerash in the northwest and in the southern port of Aqaba.
— AFP
Jordanian protesters wave the national and Palestinian flags during a demonstration near the Israeli Embassy in the capital Amman in solidarity with the Palestinians on October 16, 2015. (Khalil Mazraawi/AFP)
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