Jordanians protest against natural gas deal with Israel
‘Hundreds of Jordanians have staged a rally in central Amman in protest at a multi-billion-dollar deal struck last month to import natural gas from Israel.
The protesters gathered in front of the Professional Associations Complex building following Friday prayers, carrying banners and chanting slogans in condemnation of the accord, Arabic-language Ammon news website reported.
Participants in the march, organized by trade unions and political parties opposed to the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan, argued that the purchase of natural gas from the “occupying regime of Israel” is a crime against Jordanians.’
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