Jordanians demonstrate to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan May 10, 2021. The sign on the back reads: "Expel the ambassador, close the embassy". REUTERS/Muath Freij
AMMAN (Reuters) - Several thousand Jordanians protested near Israel's embassy in Amman on Monday, calling on their government to scrap its peace deal with Israel in the face of serious Israeli-Palestinian clashes around Jerusalem's al Aqsa mosque.
Riot police blocked roads leading to the fortified embassy complex to keep back demonstrators who gathered around the Kaloti mosque in the capital near the Israeli mission.
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