The view from Amman is that Jordan is caught between popular support for Islamists and government ties with Israel and the US.
Photographer: Nadia Bsesio/BloombergMiddle East
Israel’s Fight With Islamist Groups Puts Arab World in Dilemma
In Jordan’s capital Amman, there’s rising support for Hamas and Hezbollah and the political groups that call to unite behind them.
The crowd of several hundred men, women and children roared as speakers took turns to praise Hamas commanders and other Iran-backed militants like Hezbollah.
“We bear a Koran and a knife,” shouted a young boy wearing a black bandana, standing on a makeshift stage in the street as security forces looked on. “They say Hamas is a terrorist group, but all of Jordan is Hamas!”