Protesters call for ending Jordan peace treaty with Israel

Protesters gathered near the Israeli Embassy in the Jordanian capital Amman today angry that an Israeli embassy guard who shot dead a Jordanian had been granted diplomatic immunity and returned to Israel.

Reuters reported that around 200 people had assembled peacefully in the vicinity of the embassy. Scores chanted “Death to Israel” and called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and scrapping of the peace treaty with Israel.

A heavy Jordanian police presence had sealed off the area around the embassy so the protesters gathered nearby.

On Sunday an embassy guard shot dead Jordanian teenager Mohammad Jawawdah as well as the landlord of the house in the compound where the guard lived.

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Jordan’s King Abdullah yesterday demanded Israel put the guard on trial.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave the guard a hero’s embrace after Israel brought him home under diplomatic immunity. King Abdullah said Netanyahu’s behaviour was “provocative on all fronts and enrages us, destabilises security and fuels extremism”.