Jordanian demonstrators torch the US flag and pictures of US President Donald Trump during a protest near the American embassy in Amman to denounce his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Hundreds of people are taking part in the rally in the Abdoun neighborhood of west Amman chanting slogans hostile to Trump and Israel and waving the Jordanian and Palestinian flags.
Protesters shout slogans and wave the Jordanian flag during a protest near the American embassy in Amman against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 7, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI)
“No American embassy on Jordanian soil,” they chanted, saying the United States is “the source of terrorism” in the world.
They also chanted “Death to Israel.”
Similar protests were held in universities across Jordan, with students denouncing Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem and calling for a boycott of the United States.
At a protest on the main Jordan University campus in Amman, thousands of students demonstrated chanted “down with American hegemony” and “long live Jerusalem.”
— AFP
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