Jordanians demonstrate for Gaza (videos)
Jordanians have broken their silence. A lot of them took their frustration to the streets in the form of organized demonstrations. This one was on Sunday. It started at the fourth circle and ended in front of the Egyptian Embassy. The theme was anger directed towards the Egyptian leader because of the Rafah boarder, and more importantly because he was in a meeting with the Israeli leaders the week before the attacks.
This one was in Shmeisani, on Thaqafa street. The whole demonstration was organized through facebook. It included some artists, who helped prepare the signs carried by the protesters. Some of the signs were quite artistic. The protesters chanted Marcel Khaleefeh’s patriotic songs, the palestinian national anthem, and other emotional slognas, while carrying candles.
This one is in Rabia. The closest the protesters could get to the Israeli embassy. It is planned to be an open protest till the Israeli ambassador is out of the country. Even though it was raining, those guys brought their tents and their fire and just sat there. They drew the map of Palestine with their candles.
Some of these videos are taken by my friend Ramzi, you can see more pictures and updates on 7iber and on his ikbis profile
Don’t forget our food drive
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It seems to me that the message the protesters are sending out is that revenge is what they want.
I don’t see how is that going to help end the conflict, but any way, I have to thank you for sharing.
It’s was very interesting to see the reactions on the Jordanian street.
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Your point is really interesting Nizar, I don’t think it is revenge that people want. I think they are just expressing their frustration at the silence on Arab governments levels.
The clear message everyone is sending out is that they don’t the ambassador anywhere in Amman, and of course for the aggression to stop.
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I accidentally drove through the Rabia demonstration. It was a little scary at first, then I realized the protesters and the police were actually interacting like normal Jordanians. No violence.
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Madas Reply:
December 30th, 2008 at 09:53
It gave a scary feeling because it was dark and open space. But they were all young, passionate and sweet. The police was there only to make sure things don’t go out of control… protestors were constantly offering them water and food!
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I have been wondering for some time why Egypt does not allow Gaza residents to freely cross into Egypt? Even when there is no fighting going on, Egypt is forcing the people of Gaza to stay locked up there. Is Egypt really afraid that a few Hamas militants might cross the border and cause trouble?
I am not a fan of Israeli government policies toward Palestinians and I am not a fan of Iran stirring up trouble by sending money and weapons to Hamas and Hezbola. The Palestinian people have just been pawns in a vast geopolitical game for decades. They deserve much better!
I heard on the news today about two young girls who were killed by an Israeli bomb. I felt really sad to hear that. I saw another report about a hospital in Gaza that is overwhelmed with injured civilians. Even one of the doctors was severely injured by a bomb as she was rushing to the Hospital to help the wounded. She is not expected to survive. That was also very sad to hear.
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Madas Reply:
January 1st, 2009 at 03:33
David… i am too busy to update my blog, because we are working on this food drive… but I will try to write something about it in the coming few days as it has been really interesting here… can you beleve that 400 people died and the world is watching… i wonder what would have happened if 400 israleis died?! i wonder if the world would have have just stood there to watch… this world is not fair!
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Good luck with the food drive Mariam! I have known for most of my life that the world is not fair! But, what the Israelis are doing is really really unfair! It is also stupid! They say they want to destroy Hamas. Well, you can’t kill an idea. After Israel is done bombing and killing, Hamas will only be stronger.
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