Jordanians Protest Israeli Blockade Of Gaza
Waving Jordanian flags, demonstrators marched from the headquarters of the opposition Islamic Action Front to the parliament building.
The protesters carried banners reading, "Lifting the blockade is a duty and necessity...Yes for resistance," and "Gaza will never collapse and the siege will be broken."
"We call on the Arab nation to stand and press the Zionist enemy to lift the unjust blocked," IAF secretary general Zaki Bani Rsheid told reporters.
Israel has imposed sanctions on Gaza since the Islamist Hamas movement seized power last year in the impoverished territory of 1.5 million residents.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered Israel's crossings to remain closed Wednesday after militants in Gaza continued to fire rockets against southern Israel Tuesday.
The protest was organized by the IAF, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, which has six seats in the 110-member lower house of parliament.
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November 19, 2008 10:25 ET (15:25 GMT)
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