AMMAN — Jordanian
protesters demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Amman during a
sit-in in front of Amman’s Al-Kalouti Mosque after Tarawih prayers on Wednesday
evening,
denouncing the occupation army's storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Participants chanted
slogans expressing their
full support for Jerusalemites and worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
They also called on
Jordan's government to fulfil its duty as the responsible party for
safeguarding Al-Aqsa, urging practical steps to pressure Israel to stop
violating the sanctity of the mosque and Jerusalem, while calling for the
expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Amman and the canceling of Jordan's
peace treaty with Israel.
Leader of the Muslim
Brotherhood Society Abdel Majid Thunaibat called on the
Jordanian and Arab governments to respond to the violations that took place on
Wednesday morning and on into the night.
Meanwhile, the
Secretary-General of the Islamic Action Front gave scathing comments regarding
the Israeli aggressions, calling them “insulting and humiliating”.
Outcry in IrbidIn Irbid as well,
protestors denounced the occupation forces' storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and
their “brutal attack” on those performing prayers and i’tikaf.
Crowds in front of
Al-Hashemi Mosque in Irbid stressed the need to “stand behind the resistance to
liberate the homeland and stop the tyranny of the Israeli occupation, which
tramples on all international covenants”. They also called on the Kingdom to
cancel its peace treaty with Israel.
The participants urge
the
Ministry of Awqaf to assume its responsibility of guarding the Islamic holy
sites in Jerusalem, and use all means of pressure against the Israeli
government, including expelling its ambassador in Amman and summoning the
Jordanian ambassador from Tel Aviv.