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Oman- As soon as the Israeli aggression began Gaza stripUntil campaigns calling for a boycott of American and Israeli companies and products were launched in Jordan, a scene that became clear in the decline in demand for many restaurants and cafes that became almost empty of their patrons.
Popular boycott campaigns began to become more widespread, and their scope expanded to include various Jordanian governorates. Its forms varied through awareness and introduction pages on social media sites, all the way to field trips to markets for some activists to install some slogans calling for a boycott of Israeli products, and distinguishing national products from imported ones, especially from the United States and a number of Western countries that support the occupation in its war on Gaza. .
The coordinator of the “Jordan Boycott” campaign, Hamza Khader, considered that “the movement has recorded great successes in terms of boycott with the Israeli occupation, including the fact that 33 companies and 17 international institutions affiliated with the United Nations – operating in Jordan – terminated their security contracts with the British company “G4S” ( G4S, which provides protection services to companies and institutions around the world, as this company is responsible for practices that violate the rights of Palestinian prisoners in the occupied territories.
Recording great successes
Khader told Al Jazeera Net, “We have recorded great successes in resisting cultural and sports normalization, by calling on Jordanian athletes to withdraw from sports competitions with Israelis participating in them.”
He stressed that the boycott campaigns for American companies and restaurants in Jordan, which announced their support for the Israeli occupation army at the beginning of the aggression on Gaza, led to a reduction in their sales by 80%.
Popular demands near the Israeli and American embassies in Amman, in protest against the aggression on Gaza, formed the cancellation of… Wadi Araba Peace AgreementAnd the economic normalization projects that emerged from it between Jordan and Israel are the most prominent headline of the Jordanian street movement that has continued since the outbreak of the aggression against Gaza.
According to foreign trade data issued by the Jordanian Department of General Statistics, the volume of trade exchange between Jordan and Israel amounts to $130 million annually.
Jordan’s most prominent imports from Israel are limited to electrical and electronic equipment, metal products, chemical industry products, and agricultural products, while vegetables, fruits, food products, and textile materials are Jordan’s most prominent exports to the occupation.
Widespread popular rejection
Experts believe that despite Jordan’s signature Peace agreement with Israel in 1994The normalization of relations between the two sides remained within the official framework, and did not affect trade, investment, etc., except within narrow limits, as the Jordanian street refuses to establish normal relations with the occupation.
Trade union activist Maysara Malas said, “The great success achieved by the campaign to boycott American goods, restaurants, and companies in Jordan recently is due to the Jordanians’ commitment to their Palestinian cause, and their hatred and hostility to the Israeli occupation, which increased after the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.”
Malas added in his interview with Al Jazeera Net, “The most important thing is to continue the boycott, because we previously boycotted American goods, and then we returned to what we are after going through a period of calm.”
He pointed out that “what is required is that the image of the boycott continue in Jordan and the Arab countries.” He added, adding that the widespread boycott campaign in Jordan is not based on union bodies to guide the people, but rather there is one popular Jordanian movement that was able to achieve, and has its say to the owners of Western and American agencies – restaurants. And companies -, we reject your support for the Israeli occupier who kills our sons and women in the Gaza Strip.
Jordanian influencers interact
Social media influencers announced boycott campaigns in solidarity with the Palestinian people, and published comments regarding the impact of the Jordanian boycott on the Israeli occupation.
Al Jazeera Net monitored a wide and unprecedented participation of Jordanian celebrities and activists on social media platforms, urging people to boycott the products of companies from countries that support the occupation financially or politically.
National product support
In addition, a member of the Amman Chamber of Industry, Engineer Musa Al-Saket, said, “For every dinar paid to buy a Jordanian product, 80 piasters go to support the national economy, while if you direct this dinar to buy a non-national Israeli, American, or Western commodity, only 30 piasters of it remain.” of the national economy, while 70% of it goes directly to support the country of origin.”
In his speech to Al Jazeera Net, Al-Saket called for expanding the economic boycott of the Israeli occupation, which, in his opinion, is considered one of the successful weapons to confront the aggression against Gaza, as well as the repeated attacks on the Palestinian people.
Activate the interrupt weapon
For her part, Sherine Al-Wazani, a school principal, said, “It is unreasonable for us to continue to support the aggression against the Gaza Strip, by purchasing Israeli and American goods.”
In her interview with Al Jazeera Net, Al-Wazani called for “activating the boycott weapon as a sincere expression of the opinion of the Jordanian people in rejecting the occupation and their anger at the massacres committed by the enemy in Gaza against women and children.”
She pointed out “the important role of women in using and activating the boycott weapon. The Jordanian woman is the one who manages and manages the affairs of her household by determining the type of goods and merchandise that can be purchased, and then determining whether the money goes to the United States of America so that it can then be turned into a weapon with which to kill our Palestinian people or not.” no?”.
