Jordanians stage anti-US protest, accusing it of being a partner with Israel in the war on Gaza

(17 Nov 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Amman, Jordan - 17 November 2023 1. Tilt down from placard showing the photos of Western and Israeli leaders, reading (English): “Stop Gaza Genocide – War criminals” to demonstrators chanting anti-U.S. slogans 2. Wide of protesters chanting anti-U.S. slogans 3. Wide of protesters chanting UPSOUND (Arabic): “We don’t want to see the (American) embassy” 4. Wide of protesters holding pro-Palestinian banner 5. Wide of protester holding anti-U.S. placard reading (Arabic): “American (military) bases get out” 6. Various top shots of protesters marching and chanting slogans 7. Various of protesters marching and chanting slogans, carrying effigies of dead infants in Gaza 8. Wide of anti-U.S. and anti-Israel placard 9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salem al-Falahat, Secretary-General of the Partnership and Salvation Party: “Our message today to America: We know the first enemy of the Arab nation, which is America, and before it Britain, and now Britain, America, France, Italy, Germany, and the entire corrupt world, including the Arab rulers who do not stand with their people.” 10. Wide of protesters chanting anti-U.S. slogans 11. Mid of anti-U.S. placard reading (Arabic/English): “America is the head of terrorism.” 12. Wide of protesters chanting pro-Hamas slogans 13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Salem al-Falahat, Secretary-General of the Partnership and Salvation Party: “Talking about not signing the water agreement with Israel is useless. Stop the Wadi Araba treaty (Israel-Jordan peace treaty). Stay away from disappointment and surrender to the Zionist and American enemy.” 14. Various of protest 15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdel-Majeed Dandis, member of the Jordanian Popular Democratic Party. “The criminal American administration is the head of terrorism, and the criminal (President Joe) Biden is the spearhead of this aggression against the Palestinian people, and the war of extermination carried out by Zionist tools. The battle is open with all the colonial West, which has mobilized fleets and aircraft carriers to confront this resisting people. Our message: We will continue to confront this enemy in all fields, and we affirm our victory for the resistance that confronts the occupiers and confronts all the colonial West and the American administration.” 16. Wide of protesters carrying a symbolic coffin with words reading (Arabic): “The Arab Summit.” 17. Wide of protesters carrying anti-U.S. placards 18. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Abdel-Majeed Dandis, member of the Jordanian Popular Democratic Party. “At the level of our Jordanian government, what happened yesterday is a step in the right direction, certainly a necessary step, but we must continue to take practical positions to lead to the cancellation of the Wadi Araba Treaty, the dissolution of the alliance with the American administration, and the end of the American military bases present on Jordanian soil.” 19. Various of protest STORYLINE: Jordanians staged an anti-U.S. protest in downtown Amman after noon prayer on Friday, accusing the United States of being a partner with Israel in the war on Gaza. More than two thousand protesters marched in the streets and chanted anti-U.S. and anti-Israel slogans, condemning the United States for its support of Israel and calling President Joe Biden a war criminal. Demonstrators demanded that the Jordanian government expel the American ambassador in Amman, close the American embassy, and cancel a defense agreement with the US. The demonstrators praised the Jordanian government’s decision not to sign a water-for-electricity agreement with Israel. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: