Hundreds of Jordanians protest against gas deal with Israel

Hundreds of people have staged a demonstration in Jordan to express their resentment over the government’s multi-billion-dollar agreement to import natural gas from the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

On Friday, the protesters staged a rally, which was organized by the Jordanian National Campaign Against the Gas Agreement with the Zionist Entity, in the capital Amman, calling on Prime Minister Omar Razzaz to step down.

They also demanded the parliament, which will hold a session next Sunday to discuss the issue of natural gas imports from Israel, to vote against the agreement and hold those who signed it to account.

The demonstrators then urged all Jordanians nationwide to take part in anti-gas deal protests, push for the abolition of the agreement, and put all those responsible for the crime and treachery on trial.

The protesters also chanted slogans in condemnation of the gas agreement with the regime of Israel, and called for the ouster of Razzaz’s government.

The protesters engaged in clashes with Jordanian security forces as they sought to reach Nakheel Square. The demonstrators, however, were pushed back by police officers.

Last week, hundreds of people protested in the northeastern Jordanian city of Zarqa against the import of natural gas from Israel by Jordan.

The mayor of Zarqa, Imad al-Momani, called on the authorities to "cancel this humiliating agreement" while speaking to the demonstrators.

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