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Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Six arrested in Amman anti-Israel protest
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJordanian police are reportedly cracking down on an anti-Israel protest outside the Israeli embassy in Amman. Six demonstrators have been arrested.
According to the Jordan Times, dozens of protesters gathered outside the embassy in the Jordanian capital and attempted to storm the building. The paper says that the demonstration was organized by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The protesters called for shuttering the Israeli embassy and expelling the ambassador, “customary demands” since the 1994 peace agreement, the paper reports.
Images of the police crackdown are circulating on Twitter and other social media.
Jordanian police crack down on pro-Palestinian protesters near the Israeli embassy in Amman. Arrests reported https://t.co/37SdeZj7AZ
— عمو حسام (@3arabawy) July 9, 2014
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