Millions Promised but Few Hundred Showed Up

Shavua tov, a good week to everyone.

The 'million man march' outside the Israeli embassy in Amman on Thursday night turned out to be a big flop.

An al-Jazeera reported on the scene reported that the number of demonstrators was much lower than the organizers expects, even though the crowd increased after a group of Islamic protesters joined the rally following the evening prayer at a nearby mosque.

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For the past week, a Facebook page has been calling Jordanians to attend a "million-man march" towards the Israeli embassy in Amman. Jordan's seven opposition groups announced that they will join the protest, and so did the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood branch.

Heh.

Labels: Amman, Israeli embassy, million man flop, Muslim Brotherhood