Protesters in Jordan's Amman decry gas import from Israel
Protesters took to the streets of Amman on Friday to protest the pumping of gas supplies from Israel's offshore Leviathan field to Jordan.
Demonstrators were chanting slogans and holding up signs, as they were marching through the Jordanian capital.
Murad al-Adayleh, the secretary general of the Islamic Action Front Party, accused the government of "betraying Jordanian people."
A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullah al-Akyleha, condemned "the execution of this agreement of shame, of stealing Palestinian gas and selling it to Jordan and incurring its economy 11 billion dollars in these hard economic conditions." He also called on protesters to "overthrow" Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz.
The first gas supplies were pumped to Jordan's National Electricity Company (NEPCO) from Israel's largest offshore natural gas field this week.
In a statement, NEPCO reportedly stated that the "experimental pumping" will go on for two or three more months.
(Source: Ruptly)
Silent occupation: Israeli settlers flocking to Cyprus as wars on Gaza, Lebanon rage
Putin: BRICS, not the West, will drive global economic prosperity
MSF in Jordan holds health conference on Gaza
VIDEO | Palestinian Bedouin communities struggle amid Israel's settlement expansion
VIDEO | British activist on hunger strike for Gaza
VIDEO | Turkey under pressure to cut off oil supplies to Israel
Iran warns US against resumption of ‘maximum pressure’ policy
Israeli strikes kill 28 people in Lebanon
Hezbollah strikes major Israeli air force base for first time
Iran authorizes imports and sale of unleaded gasoline at free prices
Who said what about genocide in Gaza and Lebanon at OIC-Arab League summit?
PressTV NEWSLETTER
now
This makes it easy to access the Press TV website
