Inner divisions in Jordan resurface following weeks of pro-Hamas riots against security forces and arrests of Muslim Brotherhood activists.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/p...n-causing-inner-divisions-to-resurface-794469Violent clashes between Jordanian forces and protesters erupted in the past couple of days, including instances of stone-throwing and arson aimed at the country’s security forces.
These confrontations are taking place against the backdrop of the nation’s large anti-Israel protests, many of which included openly pro-Hamas chants.
One of the main promoters and leaders of these demonstrations is the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, a group aligned with Hamas for their shared ideological origins, and active on both the social and the political level, through its party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF).
Following the clashes, several activists of the Muslim Brotherhood were arrested, including two prominent members of the IAF’s youth sector, Moataz Al-Harout and Hamza Al-Shaghnoubi.
In a rare statement that implies criticism of the country’s leadership, Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Party Murad Adaileh, denounced the arrests, deeming them “outdated” and adding that they would be “of no use in stopping the Jordanian youth movement which supports the Palestinian people’s jihad and heroic resistance, and rejects Zionist crimes in and state of Arab incompetence.”
One viral picture showed posters carried during a demonstration addressed to the Jordanian army, calling it to heed to the calls of children and women in Gaza, or take vengeance on their enemies and free the land: adding the hashtag: “Where’s the army of al-Karamah?” This is a word meaning both “dignity” and the name of a 1968 battle in which the Jordanian army forced the IDF to retreat from a retaliatory operation on Jordanian soil.
