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Jordanians Protest Israel 'Jewish State Law'
[An Nahar] Hundreds of Jordanians joined a rally Friday organized by the Moslem Brüderbund to denounce Israeli plans to enshrine in law the country's status as the national Jewish homeland.An estimated 1,500 protesters set off from the Husseini mosque in downtown Amman holding up signs saying "Al-Aqsa is in danger". "There is a greater danger today, and that is the Jewish state draft law," Hamzeh Mansur, the former head of the Brotherhood's Islamic Action Front ...Jordan's branch of the Moslem Brüderbund... party, told the protesters. "Where is Jordan's custodianship over Jerusalem and where is the promised Paleostinian state," he asked. Jordan has custodianship over the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem -- which is holy to both Jews and Moslems -- and other Moslem holy sites in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, which the Paleostinians want as the capital of their future state. East Jerusalem has been hit by months of violence, which has spread across the occupied West Bank and to Arab communities inside Israel. The tensions soared earlier this month when Israeli police entered Al-Aqsa during festivities triggered by a vow by far-right Jewish groups to pray at the holy site, which they call Temple Mount. Against that background, the Israeli government endorsed Sunday a proposal to enshrine in law the country's status as the national homeland of the Jewish people. The Paleostinian leadership has said the law "kills" the Middle East grinding of the peace processor and namely the creation of a Paleostinian state side by side Israel. Critics have also said the move will weaken democracy in Israel and could institutionalize discrimination against Israel's 1.7 million Arab citizens. Posted by: Fred 2014-11-29 |
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