Calls for more Jordan protests against Gaza war ---AFP

AMMAN: Activists in Jordan called for further protests after days of demonstrations against the Zionist military assault on Gaza and Jordan’s peace treaty with the Zionist entity that have brought hundreds of thousands onto the streets. Jordan, where nearly half the population is of Palestinian origin, has seen regular rallies in Amman and elsewhere in solidarity with Gaza since the Zionist military onslaught. Recent protests have seen rare clashes between demonstrators and security forces in the capital and in Jordan’s largest Palestinian refugee camp. The group Jordanian Youth Gathering urged people to return later Sunday to the Zionist entity’s embassy in Amman “to support the resistance in Gaza and demand the cancellation of the Jordanian Zionist peace treaty and cut all ties with the Zionist entity”. In 1994, Jordan became the second Arab country, after Egypt in 1979, to sign a peace treaty with the Zionist entity. “No to a Zionist embassy on Jordanian territory”, read one banner at Saturday’s embassy protest, where people have gathered every evening since the holy Muslim month of Ramadan began more than two weeks ago. Security forces said on Sunday they had arrested a number of protesters 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Amman at the Beqaa refugee camp. Public security spokesman Amer Al-Sartaawi said in a statement a “number of rioters” were arrested after “acts of rioting and vandalism, setting fires, and hurling stones at vehicles on the public road”. Beqaa camp, home to more than 100,000 Palestinians, is one of six camps set up to house the influx of refugees fleeing the West Bank and Gaza Strip during the Naksa of 1967. Jordan has 2.2 million people who have been registered by UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Many have been granted Jordanian citizenship. — AFP Biologists, scientists who study biology with a particular interest in cytology, assert that living cells are more sensitive while in the growing stage, whereas mature cells are harder to damage. As a specialist in radiology treating cancer cells, I... Are you looking for change? Each year, during the month of Ramadan, many people attempt to benefit from this distinguished period to seek positive changes in their lives. However, it is likely that many will fail in improving their lives, as those who seek change only during s... arrow

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