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Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Hundreds of Anti-Israel activists protested Thursday in front of the Israeli Embassy to demand the closing of the Israeli Embassy in Amman.

The demonstrators called on the Jordanian government to expel the Israeli diplomatic mission from Jordan, and to cancel the "Wadi Araba" Treaty.

Diplomats at the Israeli Embassy in Amman on Wednesday evening were asked to return to Israel ahead of a protest planned to take place in front of the embassy on Thursday.

The protest was held amidst heavy security presence, with various police and gendarmerie forces surrounding the area. Surrounding roads were closed.

The security forces cordoned off the area and set up metal barricades outside the nearby mosque to prevent protesters from proceeding to the Israeli mission which was earlier evacuated of its staff by the Israeli government.

Participants including the Islamic Movement, trade unions, and Pan-Arab groups chanted slogans and raised placards urging the government to shut down the Israeli Embassy.

“No to the alternative homeland and we are going to burn Israel,” they shouted.

Earlier on Thursday, Jerusalem Post Daily reported that Israel's diplomats will return to Amman at the end of the weekend as usual, after Israel's personnel there came home a day earlier than scheduled because of concern over a demonstration against the embassy that was planned on Facebook.


*Ammon News Photo By Anas Damra